Week 7 – Workshop Task

Cropped image from portrait to landscape:

I chose to crop this image of the boxer from portrait to landscape to purely focus in on him punching the bag and removing a lot of black space at the top and bottom which was taking away from the focal point of the image. With the image being cropped down, it makes the image feel closer which makes the viewer feel more involved and connected whereas with the original portrait shot, it was easy for the viewers’ attention to stray from the punch.

Perspective crop to straighten the image:

With the perspective crop my aim was to straighten up the image so that the flats appear to be straight ahead as with the original phot the flats are taken at an angle whilst also cropping out the excess sky that I believe isn’t necessary. The image with perspective crop adds a sense of symmetry to the image and overall a more close up feel which captures the viewers attention better than the original.