Monochrome Madness: 3 Ways to Crop Images

Black and White photos, Photography

Leanne from Monochrome Madness thought it would be fun to see how images can change if you crop them. She asked for 3 crops. It would be interesting to see how the story of the image could change using these methods.

I’ve been super busy editing my travel photos lately. Because of that, I haven’t jumped into any of the usual challenges I love. It’s kinda made me feel out of the loop with my creative stuff. But hey, I’m all about editing. I love the art of making photos pop. So, I figured, why not give this challenge a shot? Let’s see how my creativity holds up!

I tried with two images. To be honest, I am not all that happy with them. However, they will have to do for now. I can’t shake off the nagging feeling that these images fall short of my own expectations. This is not that serious, or is it? My stories did not change all that much, so much is actually about the original photo, My choices were not spot on 🙂

Let’s take a look at mine. I have done 3 different images to see how each would come up.

Monochrome image of a beach with rock formations and four figures walking along the water’s edge, reflecting on the wet sand. Then to just have the beach walkers. 16:9 is my favorite crop although it came out slightly too dark in the edit-

Monochrome image of a beach with rock formations and four figures walking along the water's edge, reflecting on the wet sand.

A small capture of Sydney skyline captured from the ferry on our way to Manly Beach

27 thoughts on “Monochrome Madness: 3 Ways to Crop Images”

  2. Gosh Ritva, each crop, in both images, tell a different story. I can’t pick one over the other. Let’s use the Sydney skyline. The clouds are so dramatic, and your first image emphasizes them. When you crop in tight, eliminating them, the story focuses on the skyscrapers and we lose the water. I don’t think the water is necessary. Your last image has both and is balanced so both are equally important.

  3. You’ve chosen good examples as in both of them the impression of the scene is completely changed by your crops. The people paddling without the rocks, the Sydney skyline without water, both demonstrate how we can change our viewers’ perceptions by the editing choices we make!

    1. Yes It is true, the images with out the water are different, but I wish I had a shot with more different elements, but this time I could not come up with that image I had in mind, if you know what I mean.Thanks Sarah 🙂

  7. I like these, Ritva. Especially the first image. I had not really noticed couple standing in front of the rock formation, so cropping them separately had me going back to the original photo to pay more attention.

  9. It is interesting how you see the different crop in different ways like this. you notice things that you may not have noticed otherwise. These are good examples Ritva.

  10. Great crops Ritva, when you look at the image of the smaller couple in front of the rock, they don’t actually look like they are at a beach.

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