panoramic view of Sennen Cove in mixed media - to crop or not to crop?
Sennen Cove, Rainy Day, mixed media painting, 19.5 x 7.5 inches, Vivien Blackburn
For some reason I don't enjoy working on panoramas in this format - turn it to vertical and I love working on a long thin canvas or paper - horizontal? - no :>(
So I may well crop it to something like this and maybe get a further small painting cut out from the right hand side. What do you think? to crop or not to crop, that is the question.
possible crop?
detail of foreground rocks
detail of the sea
The photograph of the whole piece loses detail and texture so these are close ups of sections of the painting. It's a gloomy rainy day now and it was photographed with flash - never a very good idea, natural light is so much better.
other potential crops?
so ........ to crop or not to crop?
Comments
But, honestly, you should do what looks best in person. Your work is always impressive!
I like what I saw at the top.
The last phot was interesting, they all have potential!
So, of course I like it as it is.
annie
I'm no nearer deciding! Normally I decide pretty quickly on a crop but ...'safe' - yes that is indeed one of the things I'm not happy about.
I find it a difficult view to make a composition I'm happy with and yet in real life it's fabulous
Steph - thanks for that link - I love Maggi Hamblings work and I'm off to look at it :>)
Any more digital images pending? Love them best of all. I was even going to be cheeky and ask how you get those effects - the translucent ones.
Cheers
maybe I'll try it on Etsy - I can always cut it down later if it doesn't sell