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A change from equine subjects, these are puffins at Sumburgh Head this summer. A nice photo but not the best composition.




















Cropping the image focusses it more directly on the little puffin and the flowers without the other puffins distracting the eye. Using the rule of thirds (ish, I think I could have applied it more here) the puffin not only gains prominance but you start to focus more onto its face.

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Original image, another typical snap with lots of distractions from the main subject.














The cropped version is a far more dramatic image and the rule of thirds makes it a more interesting image than just having her straight in the middle. You also get a better impression of the landscape and space around her.

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Here is original image no.2, typical snapshot with horse right in the middle and a telegraph pole on one side and an electric fence post on the other!

I have focussed in more closely on the subject, lost the telegraph pole and he is no longer stuck right in the middle of the frame, you also pay more attention to the horse's pose and start to wonder what he is looking at. Unfortunately without photoshop the electric fence post is there to stay.

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I have cheated a little on these photos, I gave up trying to take photos in a blizzard and decided to go for the warmer and easier option of editing photos I had taken in the past.

So here is photo no. 1 in its original state, taken of our horses this summer.

And here is the edited version once it has been cropped. I think it improves the photo considerably by giving it more focus and interest. The stream comes into prominance and makes the landscape look more dramatic, for some reason it makes the horse look really small (which he definately isn't!) but that adds to the drama of the background.