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Framing and Cropping -
Using Space For a great composition!
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CroppingThe removal of the outer
parts 1. improve framing
2. accentuate subject matter
3. change aspect ratio
On physical photograph, artwork or film
footage
OR digitally using image editing
software.
The term is common to the film, broadcasting,
photographic, graphic design and printing
industries.
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Wide view, uncropped photograph
Panoramic
Osprey Silhouette
by Simmie Reagor
www.flickr.com
+ Accentuating the
subject
Cropped version,
accentuating subjectOsprey Silhouette
by Simmie Reagor
www.flickr.com
+ CoveringFramingMistakes
Too much green?Bengal Tiger @ Memphis Zoo
by allyjcat
Flickr.com
+GONE!
Bengal Tiger @
Memphis Zoo
by allyjcat
Flickr.com
+Which one?
This….Badeend Florentijn Hofman
by Z33 Art centre
Flickr.com
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..or that?Badeend Florentijn Hofman
by Z33 Art centre
Flickr.com
+ More
Aesthetic?
square shape
matching the
shape of the duck
better
The duck fills the
image more
+But Wait!!!!
Confused Duck
by JonoTakesPhotos
Flickr.com
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Now it’s a
normal
rubber duck
Badeend Florentijn Hofman
by Z33 Art centre
Flickr.com
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What was
Badeend Florentijn Hofman
by Z33 Art centre
Flickr.com
Before?
strange
+CONTEXT
.Badeend Florentijn Hofman
by Z33 Art centre
Flickr.com
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That’s betterBadeend Florentijn Hofman
by Z33 Art centre
Flickr.com
+ Finding Balance
Subject in the
dead centre of
your shot?
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Happy New Year!
by Jan
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Using
RULE
OF
THIRD
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Happy New Year!
by Jan
+ Rule of Thirds
Rule of Thirds
by Lianna
Flickr.com
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Place Points
of
Interest
inter sections
on the
push pins pointedly pursuing the rule of thirds
by muffett68 ☺☺
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Or along the lines for more balance
Rule of Thirds in Ponte Vedra Beach Florida
by Carson Matthews
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exploring 'rule of thirds' in Second Life
by Annabeth Robinson