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[Alberto Bregani]

IMHO It dies without the sky.

Thank you all very much for your interpretations: I agree, very instructive
It's interesting to see how others see your photos

Anyway, as you can imagine, I did that way because
1) i had a 6x9 so it's quite impossible to tell her to be a 6x6 ... hahah
2) i don't like to crop photographs: i always try to compose the final photopgraph before i shoot
3) i choosed a 6x9 (not the hasselblad i had in my bag) just because i liked that kind of composition

For me this kind of image needs to breath ( i hope it is the right word...i beg your pardon for my english). To give prominence to the valley and that haze I think it the composition needs , has to have all that sky upon her; all the composition (road, trees, valley) has to be under the middle line of the image and upon this line you have to have only sky with that little cirrus right in the middle that gives the image the right balancing

In the square format it seems to me the image suffers a lot; it seems to me like it has a big weight on it shoulders ... I don't feel "confortable" looking at it, it's not relaxing me... Hope you understand what i want to say
That's why I quoted Mdm: "it dies without the sky" ;-)

Honestly i have to say that I'm influenced by the original one... If i had posted a squared one from the beginning maybe i would have thought difference

Anyway i can say that if I had done a squared one i surely would have composed the way you all suggested me :-)
Thanks again ;-)

[Edward (Halifax,NS)]

I just respect the photographer's interpretation of the scene and just enjoy what he decides to post.

I meant no disrespect to Alberto. If anyone thinks that one of my images can be improved or reinterpreted with cropping they are welcome to do so and post the results.

[Jim Jones]

In a side-by-side comparison I much prefer Alberto's original cropping. The sky gives it depth and a goal for the aerial perspective to lead towards.

[Alberto Bregani]

In a side-by-side comparison I much prefer Alberto's original cropping. The sky gives it depth and a goal for the aerial perspective to lead towards.

Thanks Jim
you've got the right mood of this shot

anyway i didn't crop anything
it's the original 6x9 frame ;-)

[Alberto Bregani]

Just to add content to our nice discussion "squared/not squared"...

As you can see.. this is the same subject of the 6x9 photograph, ( not same day obviously) from another perspective..i mean another point of view..300 mt higher than the first one

The valley is the same and i went for the same composition just because of this beautiful sky
Sky for me is very very important; so i wanted to have the valley under the lower half of the photo and the sky on the upper part
and this only because I had a nice sky, beautiful clouds
You can feel clouds moving over the valley.. so the sky is an active part of the composition

If I hadn't had a sky like this i think i wouldn't have shot at all
too poor and empty subject

| Late in the afternoon |
Hasselblad 501c - C Sonnar 150/4 T*

[Michael Graves]

Alberto, I find the top of the sky less exciting. Cropped to 6X7 proportions it makes a very strong image. I might even consider the 6X6 square.

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I don't agree. I like the detail of the wispy cloud structures that crown the image. That makes the scene the focus of the image. Cropped this way, the road become the dominate element.

[Michael Graves]

The only time I ever see skies like this are when the camera is locked up in the equipment cabinet at home.

[tuco]

Just to add content to our nice discussion "squared/not squared"...

As you can see.. this is the same subject of the 6x9 photograph, ( not same day obviously) from another perspective..i mean another point of view..300 mt higher than the first one

The valley is the same and i went for the same composition just because of this beautiful sky
Sky for me is very very important; so i wanted to have the valley under the lower half of the photo and the sky on the upper part
and this only because I had a nice sky, beautiful clouds
You can feel clouds moving over the valley.. so the sky is an active part of the composition

If I hadn't had a sky like this i think i wouldn't have shot at all
too poor and empty subject

| Late in the afternoon |
Hasselblad 501c - C Sonnar 150/4 T*

Ha, I have a very similar one from my Hasselblad. I used a graduated ND filter + Yellow filter on mine during the middle of the day.

100ACR

[Alberto Bregani]

great Tuco :-)))!

[tuco]

great Tuco :-)))!

Thanks. Your shot is awesome too. This was taken the same day. I wanted a long exposure but even stopped down to f19 with a NDX400 + Orange filter all I could get was 45 seconds with no reciprocity to capitalize on with Acros. I waited until there was cloud cover over me before taking the shot. I was traveling "light" for that climb in the prior shot and didn't carry an extra back for the Hasselblad. That will teach me. Doing long exposures when there is sun and shadows from the clouds over you during the exposure can sometimes make for interesting shots.