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A little bit more of the top of the head would have made the first one even better. Great shots of a beautiful animal.
 
Re the 1st one, that's about all you could do if you found the green bg distracting.

The horizontal crop is more artistic to me than the vertical you showed later. Perhaps a tighter vertical crop so the head still reaches the top rather than the horns and the green. That would leave little flanks of green in the upper corners, the symmetry could be nice, but could be distracting. Also, I think the horns detract from this image.

Given what you appeared to be doing with the 1st one (cropping out the green?) I think it's powerful. The swoop of the goat's coat on the left and right are wonderful. Yeah, it's white in the upper left, but it's still probably one of the best goat compositions I've seen...the other being your second shot.

I really like what you did. That's my .02.
 
dotbalm said:
Re the 1st one, that's about all you could do if you found the green bg distracting.

The horizontal crop is more artistic to me than the vertical you showed later. Perhaps a tighter vertical crop so the head still reaches the top rather than the horns and the green. That would leave little flanks of green in the upper corners, the symmetry could be nice, but could be distracting. Also, I think the horns detract from this image.
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Thanks for your input. It's great to see how other people look at a picture. You are right, I wanted to emphasize the goats face by reducing everything else. The green in the top annoyed me a bit. On the other hand the vertical crop actually grows on me as it follows the head's symmetry. Here is another crop:



 
I like it! I'd play with nudging the head off center further one way or another. Anyway...it's a heckuva shot, you did a good job.
 
dotbalm said:
I like it! I'd play with nudging the head off center further one way or another. Anyway...it's a heckuva shot, you did a good job.
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Thanks again for the discussion. For me the symmetry of having the head in the center is what I actually like in the picture. Here is a crop shifted to the left. I do not prefer it.

Cheers
Rudy



 
Mmmm, yeah I think I agree with you. Nothing ventured nothing gained. I love digital because we can change things so easily. All said and done, I think I like your original the best so far. In that shot, it's almost human, as if it's praying or contemplating. The symmetry makes it bold, I agree that whichever crop you do, the strongest impressions (on me at least) are the centered ones. I wanted to see what it would look like with more space either left or right, but I agree after seeing it that centered is strong! Thanks for posting these.
 
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