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While browsing through numerous images, my attention has been captivated by this particular photo, from which I can’t look away. What a beautiful and romantic scene it is. A man sits in the car, smiling as he looks at the beautiful girl on the street, who is like a princess. Beside the girl, a cute dog is also looking at the man. They are both basking in the amber glow of the setting sun, as if they are subjects of a living painting.
However, due to the composition of this scene, the bottom part of the street takes up too much space. You can also notice there are many bright highlights on the street, which draws my eyes to that area and away from the characters. I believe the theme and focus of the scene should be on the portion from the girl to the car, but they are too small and far away from me. Therefore, I performed a crop and re-composition on the image.
Love Story by Tianhao Liang is licensed under the Creative Commons License
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This love story image is my re-composed work, mainly utilizing the concepts of ‘Crops to Change and Emphasize a Focal Point’ and ‘Leaves out unnecessary details’. This image removes the original photo’s lamp and most of the street, which redirects the narrative focus squarely upon the characters of our scene. Now, they are closer to us and we can see the man’s smiling face clearly. The sunshine on their body is more obvious and warm.
The power of composition can let the audience enter the photo’s world and feel the emotion immersively. Free from extraneous distractions, our imaginations are invited to wade into their silent dialogue, to speculate upon the subtle play of expressions and the rich tapestry of untold stories. Time seems to stand still at this moment, as the scene becomes eternal.
Tianho, this is a great example of storytelling using composition and I absolutely loved the intensity that you added to this image by cropping out the “unnecessary background” I agree, when comparing the images, the cropped image focuses more on the characters and I can see where the idea to depict a love story came from.
As for the cropping ideas, I would probably crop on the man in the vehicle so that the audience can try and guess where is gaze is being directed.
Hey Tianho! What a lovely image you chose for this assignment. I think you did an excellent job cropping it. While the cropping makes for a more intimate scene, I think it also changes what time it is in the image. Before cropping, it looks like it would be evening time as the sun is setting. After you cropped it, it looks like it could be dawn. Other than that, I think you improved the image perfectly.
Hi Tianho! I absolutely love how you cropped this. I agree that the before image has too much emphasis on the surroundings. My eyes are drawn to the sunlight reflected in the puddles on the street. And while that detail is beautiful, it definitely doesn’t tell a story the way the characters do. By cropping the image to put the focus on them, you really bring it to life! I barely even noticed the dog in the first version of the photo, but you can see its excitement so clearly in your version, as if it’s tail is wagging. The love on the faces of the two characters becomes the focal point and the photo does become warmer, like you mentioned. Great job!