In March 2020, before the world turned upside down, I went to London over my spring break with my childhood friend. We visited many historical sites, such as Queen Victoria’s house. Pictured above is a picture I took of a statue of Queen Victoria.
When I look at the picture, my eyes first focus the dirty base of the statue and then the house behind the statue. It is hard to see the face of Queen Victoria, since it is far away. I decided to crop away the base of the statue and the house to give the shoulders and face of the statue more focus. You also get more detail of the beautiful crown on her head, and the sky-blue background with soft clouds also adds a nice background.
I made sure to format her head to follow the rule of thirds, instead of having it in the middle of the frame. I also played around with the auto tune and color, though I am unsure if it had any effect. Overall, this was a fun assignment to do. It was interesting to play around with Photopea and get creative.
Hi Michaela. You are so right, at first glance, you notice the dirty steps and base of the sculpture and the house/building behind it. My first thought is why haven’t they cleaned it? Once you cropped it you could see a close-up of the sculpture and the focus was on the queen instead of all the dirt. The close-up also gave a better view of the crown as you stated. Good job on this week’s assignment.
Great shot that you were able to capture. The cropping that you did definitely assisted with focusing on the main portion of the status rather than the base and background. The cropping helped to enhance the beauty and age of the Queen Victoria statue and also made me curious to know more. Another potentially interesting cropping is maybe the sky lines and potion of the building in the background, without view of the statue.