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    Portage Place South Windows





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    Re: Portage Place South Windows

    I love reflection shots.

    But the first one is very confusing to me as a viewer..........It reduces it's accessability for me.

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    Re: Portage Place South Windows

    With a bit of straightening to repair the perspective distortion, I think this shot is a winner.
    I like the second shot, but feel it needs to be cropped to remove the dark orange section from the left and enough off the bottom to maintain aspect ratio. Wonderful colors and textures though.

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    Re: Portage Place South Windows

    Quote Originally Posted by jetrim
    With a bit of straightening to repair the perspective distortion, I think this shot is a winner.
    I like the second shot, but feel it needs to be cropped to remove the dark orange section from the left and enough off the bottom to maintain aspect ratio. Wonderful colors and textures though.
    Sorry to hijack here, but why do you care about aspect ratio? – TF
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    Re: Portage Place South Windows

    Thankls for commenting guys.

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    Re: Portage Place South Windows

    Quote Originally Posted by OldClicker
    Sorry to hijack here, but why do you care about aspect ratio? – TF
    Maybe just a personal preference, but when I see odd crops my mind immediately starts to wonder what the photographer screwed up, requiring them to crop in that manner. Always considered crops sort of a last ditch effort to save a shot that wasn't composed well to begin with (and yes, even when it's me doing the cropping).

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    Re: Portage Place South Windows

    I like the first one and think the missing pane of glass with the clouds showing makes the picture for me, Jeff
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    Re: Portage Place South Windows

    I like the confusion of reflections.
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    Re: Portage Place South Windows

    I like the complexity of the first one.So much to see, I'm looking at this again, again.
    Good eye Don!

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    Re: Portage Place South Windows

    Thanks guys. I think we shouldnt forget that the viewer is not the same person as the photographer. You can generally appreciate a photo but you dont have to feel everything about it is perfect. Some imperfections evident to your eyes may not appear so to the photographer. You dont have to ask a photogrpaher to change every nuance and every little thing. It makes no sense.

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