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Another cold morning in Minneapolis today, 15 below zero Fahrenheit — that’s 26 below Celsius for the rest of the world. Thank God, there’s no wind. I climbed up on the roof today for this picture. When it’s this cold, the air is very clear, visibility is great and it would be nice clean air if it didn’t sear your lungs with cold. This is my home.
Today’s composition was chosen to show the Minneapolitains (that’s what we are called) all huddling below the horizon, while the cold hangs above. I split the image right down the middle to emphasize this. While I was pondering the image in Lightroom, I cropped it down. Here is the larger one:
The long dark street on the far right bothered me. But on the other hand, the blue roof line is interesting and the street seems more desolate to me. What do you think? Would you have cropped it differently? Does the image change in mood to you by this simple change? Leave a comment and let me know. Stay warm!
No, I like the cropping the way it is. In my opinion, the top pic is more intimate. This gives us a sense of being there at street level and seeing the empty desolate street.
Rob is right, top pic is more intimate.