I like this crop - or view - almost more, than the wider one.
In fact I had a long look at the other one and was close to ask already there ... and didn't dare. Now I will: what if you would have turned a bit to the left (at the analog one, I mean), so the buildings on the right wouldn't be inside the photo (the right edge somewhere between the main building and these background buildings), therefore you could get some more fence and trees on the left and the main building would slip slightly out of the center ... just an idea. ;-)
The digital shot is not a crop. It is the full image. Just as the analog one is full frame. I think that I like its format better than the digital one. Well, in general I do.
Now, I do not honestly remember if there was anything obstructing at the left end of the fence. But even if it weren't I'd rather feel that the fence was too long making the left side of the resulting composition perceptibly too heavy. If so I usually try to find a secondary strong point at the right side. Something to make the viewer to follow the fence to the left and return to the anchor point at the right. The buildings in the background at the right are such an anchor point.
But if it was the other way around (I mean if the situation was mirrored), I would probably go for a longer fence and no buildings. The difference is in how we "read" composition. You and me read it from (upper) left to (lower) right, right? The mirrored composition would be natural, this one isn't. Hence my doubts and decision :)
And thank you very much for your question! It made me think about my reasons and explain them. I find it to be a very good exercise :) There is not many such conversations here on Ipernity... not anymore.
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Leon_Vienna said:
In fact I had a long look at the other one and was close to ask already there ... and didn't dare. Now I will: what if you would have turned a bit to the left (at the analog one, I mean), so the buildings on the right wouldn't be inside the photo (the right edge somewhere between the main building and these background buildings), therefore you could get some more fence and trees on the left and the main building would slip slightly out of the center ... just an idea. ;-)
Marta Wojtkowska replied to Leon_Vienna:
Now, I do not honestly remember if there was anything obstructing at the left end of the fence. But even if it weren't I'd rather feel that the fence was too long making the left side of the resulting composition perceptibly too heavy. If so I usually try to find a secondary strong point at the right side. Something to make the viewer to follow the fence to the left and return to the anchor point at the right. The buildings in the background at the right are such an anchor point.
But if it was the other way around (I mean if the situation was mirrored), I would probably go for a longer fence and no buildings. The difference is in how we "read" composition. You and me read it from (upper) left to (lower) right, right? The mirrored composition would be natural, this one isn't. Hence my doubts and decision :)
And thank you very much for your question! It made me think about my reasons and explain them. I find it to be a very good exercise :) There is not many such conversations here on Ipernity... not anymore.