How to crop this Reitdiephaven shot?

dnzm · March 3, 2026, 8:38pm

A sunny day at Reitdiephaven, an outing with the 9mm that hasn’t seen action in some time (which means I’m re-learning to framing things when there’s a lot to frame), one of the pictures was this one. Aimed for a vista between rows of houses, that didn’t quite pan out, so then what? Horizontal, vertical, or, as @andabata suggested on Matrix, square?

Have at it!

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Popanz · March 3, 2026, 9:13pm

Well I think there are a lot of possibilities.
Taking into account you used a 9 mm for a reason, I would go for something like that:

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Or alternatively, just cropping to my liking and concentrate on the main subject, but waste a lot of pixels:

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Tim · March 3, 2026, 10:27pm

I only cropped a little, and changed the aspect ratio. I love the weeds in the foreground.

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Terry · March 3, 2026, 10:44pm

Just my attempt to see the scene in a unique way. I love to photograph reflections like this when the opportunity arrives.
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