Share this photo on Twitter Share this photo on Facebook

Cropping the Universe

Posted by
Michael Rawluk (Williams Lake, BC, Canada) on 6 May 2008 in Landscape & Rural.

When you shoot a photograph, you are photographing a cropped down version of the Universe. The question is alway "What do you omit?"
In this shot there is the question of what part of the mountain range should I omit?
A Moment in Photographic History:
Multi-talented Italian Carlo Mollino was born in Torino on May 6, 1905. One of his talents was as a photographer. He made some exquisite (in my opinion) images.
-
A Photographic Quote of Note:
When I photograph, what I'm really doing is seeking answers to things.
- - - - - Wynn Bullock

Canon EOS 5D 1/500 second F/16.0 ISO 100 24 mm

My featured images are at Featured

Click to see my Blurb Book

I appreciate your comments and constructive criticism.
My web space is contained at: Desperate Images
I also have a blog at: Desperate Images
All Images are Copyright ©Michael Rawluk. Just thought I would say that although why anyone would want to use them is beyond me. Well, Colette Amelia does on occasion but she always gives me a kiss after. So, if you want to use an image .... ;-)

christine from Vancouver, Canada

The less you crop of that view, the better. :)

6 May 2008 6:08am

Koushiro~光子郎 from Singapore, Singapore

Man! That looks stunning! Great shot there! Love the whites of the snow and that blue, cloudless sky!

6 May 2008 6:20am

mosleh from kurdestan_baneh, Iran

great shot .. cool pic well done (bji kurd ) :)

6 May 2008 6:45am

Mandy from Johannesburg, South Africa

Wow, that's a great shot Michael, I don't know what you decided to omit in the end but i really like what you left in the shot! It's very powerful.

6 May 2008 7:02am

Daroru from Amagasaki, Japan

Grand, beautiful.

6 May 2008 7:23am

Saeed from ahwaz, Iran

really nice! great place and beautiful landscape!
well done

6 May 2008 7:45am

Helma from Tehran, Iran

wow !! very nice capture ... Great shot , thanks.

6 May 2008 7:49am

ManuelaR from Hainburg, Germany

Michael, I like it the way it is, no more cropping necessary :)

6 May 2008 7:51am

Observing from Chester, United Kingdom

Spectacular shot

6 May 2008 7:52am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

OH YOU POOR MAN, Still snow and all, it's exquisite...

6 May 2008 9:03am

Saeed from Iran

nice shot

6 May 2008 9:32am

Craig from Vacaville, California, United States

Excellent shot! Excellent clarity! I love the Wynn Bullock quote!

6 May 2008 10:02am

Betty from New Jersey, United States

Excellent shot, Michael! Omit nothing...

6 May 2008 10:06am

Teresa Durães from Montijo, Portugal

beautifull shot! congratulations

6 May 2008 10:16am

Betsy Barron from Glenmoore, United States

Doesn't look like you left anything out here - this looks like a universe I'm glad to be part of!

6 May 2008 11:33am

Jim Browning from Birmingham, AL, United States

I always struggle with what to crop and when to do it. In camera or in Photoshop? I really try to do it in camera 05% of the time. Why waste those expensive pixels, right?

Michael, I love this image. It is remarkable. Are those trees in the foreground full sized or small. If they are full size, they really show the immenseness of the mountain.

Very nice image.

6 May 2008 12:13pm

vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Québec, Canada

Very well said! (and nice shot of course!)

6 May 2008 5:35pm

Eleftheria, 9 years old, from Athens, Greece

Beautiful!

6 May 2008 7:18pm

Michael from Wuppertal, Germany

Stunning and beautiful, thats our earth!

6 May 2008 7:27pm

standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France

Don't omit anything Michael. This picture is superb as is!

6 May 2008 7:56pm

Scotfot from Kabul, Afghanistan

The scale of this is amazing! What to omit? Hmmmm.... maybe a small part off the right?

6 May 2008 9:40pm

vu@granby - Gilles Martineau from Granby, Québec, Canada

I like this full view, don't crop anything!

6 May 2008 11:49pm

sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

You choose to omit your least favorite part of the beauty and capture your favorite part of the beauty. I love those two small trees.

7 May 2008 1:29am

Amir from Tehran, Iran

Vast and cold

7 May 2008 1:37am

Kevin from OrganicPIX.com from DFW, Texas, United States

To crop, or not to crop -- that is the question.
Beautiful parallel lines in the stratum, also love the tips of the trees poking out of the snow!

7 May 2008 1:43am

Sandrine from Cincinnati, United States

Beautiful landscape!

7 May 2008 1:54am

DarkElf from Perth, Australia

great composition and colour work to keep the snow perfectly white and then the mountain pops out in the background to top it all off - great shot!

7 May 2008 2:26am

Lynne's Somewhat Invented Life from Provo, Utah, United States

Two little trees in the snow or two big trees in the big snow?

7 May 2008 2:32am

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

Stunning mountain view, Michael!! Ok, so sometimes snow is beautiful.. LOL!! I'm guessing those are tips of trees through plowed snow. That almost looks like Castle Mountain? But you didn't go south through Banff did you. Hmm, must be somewhere after the icefields in Jasper.

7 May 2008 2:58am

Bhavin from Mississauga, Canada

This is a fantastic picture. Nice work! Although, maybe you can try to get rid of the some of those tree tips, I think the picture would be even more powerful. Nonetheless, still a favourite for me.

7 May 2008 4:05am

Canon EOS 5D
1/500 second
F/16.0
ISO 100
24 mm