Nothing Here

[Lesley Jones]

On the last morning on my whirlwind trip to Yorkshire, I left an old friend after spending the night and drove a few miles further north to Redcar. I have seen a very nice set of shots from this beach and wanted to give it a try. Having parked about half a mile away, I got my feet on the sand and... nothing! The steel works (or whatever they are), weren't doing anything. There was nobody walking a dog, or surfing and the sun was in the wrong place.

I wanted a photograph though, so I took this...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Nothing and everything. A wonderfully atmospheric shot.

 

[Pete Askew]

As Rob says, pretty atmospheric in any case. But it's the sky I like. How about a square crop, keeping all of the sky with just a small strip of sand and surf at the bottom? What do you think?

 

[Brian Moore]

I like what Pete says, Lesley. However, it occurs to me that the opposite is interesting, too, since there is so much shape and texture to the sand.

 

[Lesley Jones]

I think that would work pretty well - it was mostly the sky that attracted me and I had to look for some foreground interest. I really need to get my head around cropping. It scares me. I have the 35mm format hard wired into my brain. If I trim at all, it's only to lose the odd distraction on the edge. I can use the hide function now, so I don't know why I don't experiment...

 

[Pete Askew]

I like what Pete says, Lesley. However, it occurs to me that the opposite is interesting, too, since there is so much shape and texture to the sand.

Good to see you thinking about a few interesting crops Brian!

 

[Lesley Jones]

Sorry Brian - I started posting before you. I agree with you as well, but I honestly think this is why I don't crop. I can't make up my mind as it is, if I bring cropping into the equation then I would never finish anything!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

You'll find Pete is all about square crops Lesley - he's hard wired for 1:1

 

[Brian Moore]

Good to see you thinking about a few interesting crops Brian!

I'm an open-minded fellow, Pete. I'm happy to suggest cropping ideas for other folks.

 

[Brian Moore]

Sorry Brian - I started posting before you. I agree with you as well, but I honestly think this is why I don't crop. I can't make up my mind as it is, if I bring cropping into the equation then I would never finish anything!

I'm with you on that cropping issue, Lesley.