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Croptacular pictures Anonymous
so, /p/ today I seek advice on the subject of-

CROPPING *much applause and jubilation*

This picture was originally 2848 x 2136 and as you can see I've cropped it down to 2848 x 1056. I basically removed a bunch of excess sky above the plane and some excess parking lot from the bottom of the pic. (I'd upload the original to show you but it's hella big)

So my question is this- what seems to be the focus of the picture to you? I'm wondering if by cropping less (or adding more sky, if you want to think of it that way) I can make the plane (which I want to be the focus of the photo) more 'important'
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>> Anonymous
this is a photo of a parking lot. the plane is tiny and lacks detail. you cannot save this with cropping.
>> Anonymous
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I think I've found the solution!

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>> Anonymous
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Same story here.

Originally 3474x2314. Cropped down to this really wide aspect ratio. The subject is small and lacking detail. Buy me a super telephoto lens.
>> Anonymous
>>38454
this one's nice! nicer anyway. it's scenic and the subjects draw the eye.

the difference between this and the plane pic is that the plane pic is mosty focused on non-plane subject matter. the oil rigs here are nicely placed and very prominent and easy to look at.
>> Anonymous
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Ohhh, my plane pictures suck :(

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>> Anonymous
Yeah, you're not really gonna get any good pictures of planes from the ground when they are flying that far overhead. You'll always end up with a photo of the bottom of the plane, obviously, and also always really small. As said before, a really small subject in the midst of a bunch of other stuff makes for bad choice of subject.
>> Anonymous
Some guy on another forum with the right lenses takes incredible detailed photos of planes in flight but there's this rule that you only post pictures that you personally took so I guess I'll just link them.

"Today was a beautiful day spoiled by the fact that Runways 24 and 15 were in use, which meant dubiously legal spotting and I didn't feel like risking a berating from the five-oh. So, I processed more from last week."
http://img.waffleimages.com/4dbeb3ff9104d69e33be0bc7517db1d0e72e4e08/n101hq.jpg
>> Anonymous
"This one is from last week but I just realized that this is in fact the first Embraer 175 that joined Republic Airlines (US Airways Express). It was, at best, certified for only a week when I got this photo."

http://img.waffleimages.com/7292039ca338fffd7df6cce6e09e702c564d75cf/n38wp.jpg
>> Anonymous
http://img.waffleimages.com/d254a1e038362f08e16e41ff14bf9c62936f6249/ct646.jpg
http://img.waffleimages.com/cc6cfdf0c242f41df0647a8c51526bd547bcbfa6/n670mc.jpg
"This particular DC-9 is 31 years old. Yet it's probably in better shape than some newer planes!"
http://img.waffleimages.com/e4ee764ef958fe8234257c83c9d39beec1443e5c/n290sk.jpg
"People in the windows are becoming more common as I'm getting better at angles and sunfall."
>> Anonymous
"Sometimes even when it's mostly cloudy out you can still go spotting."
http://img.waffleimages.com/46d58c2be13a78d7f512063e82a457f9693c9d7e/cgora.jpg
"Finally able to get a prop with blurred rotors without blurring the plane itself. Not perfect, but it's progress."
http://img.waffleimages.com/4c7b2ddfa96f34ffd589277cd8c80405a3008758/n327nb.jpg
"These kind of angles are favorites of mine."
http://img.waffleimages.com/a0a8b4f48a3c8d5daa1413c2976e0d2dc74bd41d/n571ua.jpg
"Enemy planes?! But we're still in the middle of a mission!"
>> Anonymous
The back of the Infiniti and it's spare tire are the focal point for me.
>> Anonymous
>>38498
These are pretty much the standard images you'll get from any noob with a 300-600mm lens. Nothing special about them.
>> ac
>>38507
Yeah, those are some definite "It's the camera, not the photographer" images.
>> Anonymous
These are boring.