River Dance, Step One

Last week, Judy and I made a quick tour of the east side of the state to photograph the remaining three rivers. I suspect I will find other opportunities to photograph all ten rivers in the future during different seasons, but I completed the first step so that the web site can display banners of each of the district rivers. The challenge is to be able to drop them at a 5 to 1 ratio for the web banner. That aspect has required a change in the way I compose a photograph. As a slide photographer for many years, I was aware of the entire frame. Consequently, all of my photos filled the 24mmx36mm frame. I became conscious of elements that either needed to be included in the frame or excluded. But these web banners suggested an entirely different approach of filling the width of the frame so that it could be cropped to fit. However, I found that within the picture, there were several crop possibilities each of which could be an image with impact. Digital unleashes the imagination. There is no one right composition or one right possibility. Some of my friends would not be surprised that I end here with a wealth of possibilities. Sounds like life!