I have lost track of the number of time I have made the small expedition between Craster and Dunstanburgh Castle. Firstly it was as a cyclist in adolescence with my friends. I remember we were all a bit interested in archaeology and we looked at the masons' marks which are to be seen there, So familiarity led me to think that I wouldn't be finding anything very original in terms of a view one late afternoon in May this year.I will admit that I only really saw this composition after we got home.Nor do I ever think much about cropping photos. I like to get the composition right first time. But having said that I remember that one of my oldest friends is particularly interested in cropping photos.
Colin Miller ARPS does a lot of cropping and makes a success of it. And he too is a veteran of the Dunstanburgh expeditions. But anyway, here is the final composition and after it the original version. I quite liked the idea of everything in the composition leading down to the left with the harbour structure as a kind of punctuation.And I have always liked panoramas in painting.
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| final crop |
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| original composition. |
