Eye of the Storm

Posted on February 16, 2012 | 6 comments

First, I want to thank everyone very much for indulging me in my explorations with these creations! They are definitely a departure from my norm but have struck a real chord with the right side of my brain.

Today’s shot was a little challenging from a perspective of framing. So far the wide format images that I’ve posted have been composites created by mirroring an image against itself on a wider canvas and have only been cropped to remove any distortion I created. The standard format shots have been cropped ever so slightly at a 12×8 frame (thanks to Chris Nitz and David Baker for sharing with me that my crop sensor captures almost perfectly to this size!).

This one, however, is a single frame that I felt needed a bit of a trim. Ok, more of a buzz-cut than a trim! The original had more negative space above and below the ‘eye’ than I had hoped and to get the format that needed some of the outer edges had to be sacrificed. Once it was done though, I feel that it actually helps draw you into the frame by eliminating the extra ‘clutter’ that could otherwise distract you.

What do you think?

Gear: Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF-S 18-135mm Lens

Settings: ISO100, 60mm, f/16, 2 seconds

Software: Adobe Lightroom 3, Adobe Photoshop CS5