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Brightness Overload at the Pier — PastSquares Oct 26

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Photos by Jez

Hi All 👋 My entry for Becky’s PastSquares.

It’s a dreich day out there, so I thought I’d revisit some California sunshine & bright colours

These shots were all taken at Santa Monica Pier. With some of them, I’ve put the original followed by two different square crops.

Rollercoaster at Santa Monica Pier
Rollercoaster at Santa Monica Pier

In the process of editing these shots to square, there was a subtle difference in focus & perceived movement, so I thought I’d put up both using the slider function. In the one below, the left-hand crop focuses on the cars & people on the ride whereas the right-hand one has the cars coming in from the right which I think gives more movement to the shot and shows more of the structure.

Original
Square crop

Again, two differnt crops from the same image.

Original
Square crop

Seems appropriate

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13 responses to “Brightness Overload at the Pier — PastSquares Oct 26”

  1. Ju-Lyn Avatar
    Ju-Lyn

    Very Legi-vibed coaster!

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  2. eklastic Avatar
    eklastic

    It looks like you had fun!

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    1. Photos by Jez Avatar
      Photos by Jez

      Oddly enough, it was a photographic outing; we didn’t actually go on any rides that day

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      1. eklastic Avatar
        eklastic

        I’m sure you enjoyed that, too. I was referring to your cropping, and photoshopping

      2. Photos by Jez Avatar
        Photos by Jez

        I wasn’t sure if you meant the cropping or the day out, of course I responded to the wrong one?

      3. eklastic Avatar
        eklastic

        Murphy’s Law, always.

      4. Photos by Jez Avatar
        Photos by Jez

        ?

  3. Andrew Blair Avatar
    Andrew Blair

    Yes, a little bedazzling for me, it’s interesting how cropping in different places gives different movement.

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  4. Aletta - nowathome Avatar
    Aletta – nowathome

    Fun overload!

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  5. Elaine - I used to be indecisive Avatar
    Elaine – I used to be indecisive

    Looking at the different crops is interesting. Sometimes I find it hard to decided which is the best option for my square crops – and some just don’t work at all being squared.

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      Photos by Jez

      I often have that trouble as well, some shots just cannot be croppped to square

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  6. BeckyB Avatar
    BeckyB

    Not sure I could ride on this even with the ‘encouragement’ of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers!

    and loving the comparative crops – fascinating how it changes it. Whilst great to see the people, there is something about the ones with more structure

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      Photos by Jez

      I’m more drawn to the structure as well; I don’t know why, but people feature very rarely in my pictures, they tend to be incidental not the prime focus

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