When a crop really works – check out this moody picture of the light in the woods in Poole – even better than the original composition


 Dramatic moody lighting in the woods - landscape photography in Dorset by Rick McEvoy
Dramatic moody lighting in the woods – landscape photography in Dorset by Rick McEvoy

 The original composition which I still really like
The original composition which I still really like

I saw this sunlight just catching in the back of the scene. You can see this in the background in the original composition below. 

But when I crop in on just that area I get a much more impactful image. 

Well I think so. 

This has turned an image I really like into an image I really really like. 

One word of advice when you produce an image you are excited with. 

Leave it for a couple of days, then come back to it. If it still excites you after a couple of days then great.  

Try it and see. 

Quite often I come back to a piece of work I am excited about after a couple of days and can be quite indifferent about it. 

Rick McEvoy Photography

Saturday 25th February 2017

Rick McEvoy

I am Rick McEvoy, an architectural and construction photographer living and working in the South of England. I create high quality architectural photography and construction photography imagery of the built environment for architects and commercial clients. I do not photograph weddings, families, small people or pets - anything that is alive, moves or might not do as I ask!! I am also the creator of the Photography Explained Podcast, available on all major podcast providers. I have a blog on my website where I write about my work and photography stuff. Rick McEvoy ABIPP, MCIOB

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