For this week’s challenge, I searched and searched and attempted to crop several Creative Commons images, but I was not satisfied with any of the ones I had found. After that search, I decided to take a look through my camera roll on my phone. As soon as I saw the photo below, I knew it would be perfect for this cropping challenge!
We hosted a reptile program at the library recently, and a coworker took this photo of me posing with an alligator display. As you can see, there is a lot going on in this photo. I would say that the main focal point is may head in the alligator’s mouth, but it has not be cropped particularly well. If you look closely though, there is another interesting subject in this photograph. In the background, another coworker of mine has a very enthusiastic reaction to my photo session with our visitor for the day. I thought that she would be the perfect subject for a new photo crop.
For the cropped photo, I really wanted to create an entirely new composition. I wanted my coworker’s smile to be the focus of the photograph so, I framed her so that her face was in the upper left third quadrant of the photo.
Since I am no longer visible in the photo, and you do not see what she is reacting to, this leaves it up to the viewer imagination. What makes it even more fun is if the viewer were only looking at this cropped image and saw the attribution, “is adapted from “Another Day at the Library,”” I think they would be extremely curious to know what was cropped out of this image. What would come to your mind if you only saw this photograph and the original title?
Hey John, thanks so much for sharing!
Really enjoyed your post and it’s always so much more fun when there’s a human element to it. If I saw your cropped version, I def would be wondering what they are looking at to make them smile! You’re unsure if they are looking at the camera or looking slightly downward but based on the heads positioning, it certainly does tell you that they are looking at something.
Glad you used something that brought a memory to you or that you found interesting!
Best of luck this semester and great job!