One pic 2 crops

[Dan Cattermole]

Took this yesterday on the Oly.
Played around with it in LR for a bit.... but I found my self moving the crop up and down for about 10 minutes...... and after all that I couldn't decide which one I like the best.
I'll add a boarder on the one I eventually decide wins the mark, but at the moment I can't decide

Can you help?

This is the original frame

Crop 1

Crop 2

What do you think folks??

 

[Hamish Gill]

I think the first crop works best for me, the in focus elements dont go out side of the frame, which i guess is the more conventional way to approach this, but it works slightly better for me!

 

[Davie Hudson]

yeah crop 1 for me too, although I do like the effect of wanting to see what is below the second crop...it teases me

 

[adrian jordin]

I prefer crop 2...there's less empty space in the top left of the frame...

 

[Brian Moore]

Bloody sea anemones,...there everywhere noo!

I like the third one of the two.

 

[Pete Askew]

Probably the third for me too Dan. I like the first as well though.

 

[Allan Batchelor]

Yep I think 3 does it for me followed closely by original. Hope this helps DD

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Thanks guys, I'm definately homing more into the all the crops to be honest.... Wonder if I could make a trio somehow?
The help is much appreciated, thank you.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Original frame for me - you get more of the background OOF elements, which I like

 

[Darren Bradley]

Original for me, too. For the same reason Chris cited.