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I think this is a creditable result, but i am a lover of shadow and even near-total blackness for the sake of contrast and startling effect. I blame the Lightroom software. It has opened up possibilities never before possible. Your crop from the original photograph is possibly too severe to achieve a really strong result, but the activity is worth persisting with. As for the isolation: that too is worth persisting with. The alternative is best avoided. At least we can surf the internet which was not an option in earlier pestilences.

I take your point about the severity of the crop, but that was part of the challenge I'd set myself, viz. to see how much I could reduce the crop and still be able to retain (or re-create) definition. The definition was re-created as much as possible using an on-line app called imglarger, which had the advantage of being free for trial purposes and gave results that not even Lightroom could achieve. If I were doing something important then I would perhaps crop differently. Good fun, though. Thanks for taking the time to comment in depth.

Excellent shot and PIP! Stay well!

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I'd count this a total success, in the sense that if you'd wanted a 'record' the original image covered the need: if you wanted something with an abstract and graphic feeling, you've achieved it well.

Thank you, George. This was never meant to replace the original picture, of course. I liked the idea of the circle, the rectangle of the window and the diagonal of the railing all working together. It doesn't work perfectly, but it was a start and a most enjoyable (though occasionally frustrating) exercise.

The window ends up being enigmatic enough that I wouldn't have figured out what it was without looking at the PiP. I think this is why the crop feels so abstract.

Many thanks, O small venomous one (assuming you have blue rings as well as blue arms). The abstract quality of the window is a happy side effect. Because I knew what it was (viz. a window) it didn't occur to me to look at it from a perspective such as yours. Thanks for your visit and perceptive comment. Fun this, innit?

Yes, it is. I recently cropped the hell out of an old negative myself and was much happier with the result than I was with the original: www.ipernity.com/doc/bro/49880474

A me piace e molto . non avevo ancora tradotto , ma avevo notato lo sfondo scuro nelle tue foto.

ho pensato : una sua connotazione

I'll take some of that sourdough off your hands if you're overburdened, Old Owl. Very good use of time on that photo, anyway!

Ich mag solche Einzelheiten