Camel Ride

[leslie1283]

I used a compact camera to photograph these photos. I would like to crop #2. Is there any suggestion? Thanks.

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#3

[Shadowman]

I can't see a reason to crop #2. Nice images.

[Marie Hass]

I can't see a reason to crop #2

True. I think the bottom bit of sand gives the picture more depth.

Nice, Leslie

Marie

[bnnrcn]

Hi Leslie ,you might as well crop #2 from the bottom a little bit but not necessarily.IMO what #2 needs is that it is a very bright photo,decreasing brightness and adding some contrast might improve it.

I would crop #1 from where the road ends and it might give a good composition.

In general they are all nice and interesting images

[IzzieK]

All nice shots Leslie...I agree with the others -- do not crop #2. It is nice as it is...

[Jim1655]

Hi Leslie, They are very good shots. I was drawn to the subjects on the camel and donkey and think cropping just above the small middle cloud above the pyramid apex and then just below the sand bank underneath the donkey makes then stand out. I tried it and it almost gives the image a 3D effect.
Cheers
Jim

[leslie1283]

Hi Leslie, They are very good shots. I was drawn to the subjects on the camel and donkey and think cropping just above the small middle cloud above the pyramid apex and then just below the sand bank underneath the donkey makes then stand out. I tried it and it almost gives the image a 3D effect.
Cheers
Jim

Thanks Jim

I will crop it and let's see the difference.

#4

[leslie1283]

Hi Leslie ,you might as well crop #2 from the bottom a little bit but not necessarily.IMO what #2 needs is that it is a very bright photo,decreasing brightness and adding some contrast might improve it.

I would crop #1 from where the road ends and it might give a good composition.

In general they are all nice and interesting images

Thanks Binnur.

I will try.

#5

[leslie1283]

Thanks John

[leslie1283]

Maria,
Thanks for your comment

[leslie1283]

Thanks Isabel

[John 2]

Nice set of images Leslie. IMHO, no.2 doesn't need a crop, the sand adds context but it is slightly over exposed. You also have my problem. All the images lean slightly to the right. I am forever doing the same thing and it just why is a mystery.

[leslie1283]

John,

Is right eye your dominant eye?

[Mike Buckley]

Leslie,

I very rarely post my own reworkings of images captured by others. There are two reasons I did so with yours.

The first reason is that your images struck a very strong sentimental note with me. My wife and I took my mother (now deceased) to Egypt for her 75th birthday in 1997. She had been to Egypt once before and opted to return for that special trip instead of going to anywhere else in the world. When she displayed excitement while sitting on a pyramid, I learned that she had only seen pyramids from a distance during her first trip, which is alarming considering that my mother always wondered how the pyramids were built.

My second reason is that I've noticed that you have a very good eye for composition in the photos you have been posting. Your compositions are consistently so good that it will be well worth your time to improve your post-processing skills; your images are so good that it would be a shame not to take them to the next level. (Most of that has to do with first learning the look that you want, which can take longer than learning how to achieve that look.) So, I've posted my version of your image for your consideration along with the steps I used, which are basic post-processing techniques.

Step 1: Raised the black point and lowered the white point, which also inherently increased the mid-tone contrast.
Step 2: Selected the sand and adjusted the tone curve (mostly by pulling the center of it toward the bottom right corner of the graph) to reveal additional detail in the ground.
Step 3: Cropped but retained the 4 x 6 aspect ratio (It took me far too long to learn that it's not necessary to include the entire object in a scene when the object is really large; it's often better to let the viewer's imagination "draw" the part of the object that is omitted from the photo. For the same reason that you're surely not bothered that the right side of the pyramid is hidden by the camel, it probably doesn't bother you that the left side of the pyramid extends beyond the frame.)

Hope this helps!

[leslie1283]

Mike,

Very heart touching and thank you again for your many advices and I will definitely spend more time to improve my post-processing skills. In actual fact, I am a PS CC newbie.

[Mike Buckley]

Considering that you are a PS CC newbie, you are already doing exceptionally well with your post-processing. Can't wait to sit back and view your improvement over time!

[bnnrcn]

Leslie I'm learning Photoshop CC too.Adobe's 'Classroom in a book Photoshop CC' might be good help for you if you are a newbie.You download some image files with the code given in the book and then you edit them with the help of the book lesson by lesson.I'm on the second lesson yet but I'm happy with the book.I bought it from Amazon.You can ask 'uncle google' about it to get more info

[leslie1283]

Mike,

Thank you very much.

[leslie1283]

Leslie I'm learning Photoshop CC too.Adobe's 'Classroom in a book Photoshop CC' might be good help for you if you are a newbie.You download some image files with the code given in the book and then you edit them with the help of the book lesson by lesson.I'm on the second lesson yet but I'm happy with the book.I bought it from Amazon.You can ask 'uncle google' about it to get more info

Binnur,

Thanks for sharing.