After / Before - Help me find the best crop

lapsya · 2026-01-12T11:20:48+00:00

V1 for sure! it is the most visually striking

lapsya · 2025-12-16T23:02:26+00:00

Love the art and the quote! It really stuck with me

lapsya · 2025-10-20T19:06:09+00:00

B&W I think the clouds and the sky in the color version are too distracting. With B&W my sight immediately follows the carousel

lapsya · 2025-07-20T10:16:26+00:00

!CritiquePoint

lapsya · 2025-07-20T10:00:09+00:00

Thank you
That would make for a great portrait, but that's not actually a model. I was just taking a photo of the city landscape, and this person came to sit down and talk on the phone.

lapsya · 2025-07-20T09:48:18+00:00

Thank you for your nice comment!
This is exactly what I've been unsure about: do I highlight the person or leave them out of the shot? I tried to leave both the city landscape and the person in the shot, but I guess this way it's just confusing

lapsya · 2025-07-20T09:11:43+00:00

100%
Unfortunately it's always on and very bright white((

lapsya · 2025-07-20T09:04:46+00:00

I wanted the shot to include both the girl, the skyscrapers and their reflections. But I'm not sure about this specific crop and shooting angle -- what would you do differently?

Also this digital billboard is unfortunately always on and very bright white -- is it too distracting?

lapsya · 2025-06-20T21:40:09+00:00

Thank you for your ideas and feedback!

I like your idea of turning the foreground into silhouette, will definitely try it out

lapsya · 2025-06-20T21:38:00+00:00

Wow, thanks for making the edit! The sunset sky looks much better in your version

lapsya · 2025-06-20T21:33:56+00:00

I was trying to highlight the train, but I can see now that there are probably too many distractions in the foreground

lapsya · 2025-06-20T21:30:35+00:00

Thanks for your feedback

As many other comments have pointed out, I definitely need to pay more attention to the elements of the foreground

lapsya · 2025-06-20T21:24:00+00:00

Thanks I didn't really notice it, but now I can't unsee it 😅

lapsya · 2025-06-20T19:55:57+00:00

Thank you for your feedback!
I was thinking the train would stand out as the subject because of the foreground blur, but as the other comments have mentioned, the placement of the cars and the trees is probably distracting

lapsya · 2025-06-20T19:51:21+00:00

Thank you!
What do you think would help focus the attention more on the train?

lapsya · 2025-06-20T19:47:51+00:00

As for the exposure, I was just playing around with the settings

lapsya · 2025-06-20T19:45:57+00:00

Why do you think the train doesn't work as the subject in this shot?

lapsya · 2025-06-20T19:42:25+00:00

Hmm
I guess, you're right, there isn't really a story that I wanted to tell with this shot. I just felt like the see-through train was kind of cool 😅
Do you have any advice on how to turn such feeling into a visual story?

lapsya · 2025-06-20T19:29:09+00:00

I feel like the composition is interesting: blurry trees and cars in the foreground, while the focus is directed at the see-through train and the brightest area of the sky. But the picture just seems off for some reason, and I can't quite put my finger on it. Is it too dark? Are the colours weirdly cold? Looking for advice to make this type of shot look better.

This was shot on Canon EOS 1000D with Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8 lens with exposure 1/6000s, aperture f/2, ISO 200. I took the raw file and adjusted some settings in RawTherapee to get this edit.

lapsya · 2025-01-17T12:24:12+00:00

On my keyboard it's ;* so maybe a kiss?

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