It was the tower and stone that originally caught my attention when taking this photo in Ste. Enimie. However, I decided that zooming in on the couple and the village street better displayed the charm of this delightful village in the Gorge du Tarn in central France. Using Sagelight I brought up the details and used the tone blender to bring the image together.
This is in response to visualventuring.com and Stacy’s After Before Friday Week 36
Beyond the Brush Photography 
This is amazing. It has depth, intensity, charm, the story, continuity…I am always amazed how powerful cropping tool is and this is the best example.
Thank you and I agree, the crop is often overlooked yet it is one of the quickest ‘fixes’ to enhance an image. Thank you for all your wonderful comments.
Yikes, apologies for my typing and leaving off the second “e,” Lynne!
🙂 And I try to keep the ‘e’ out of Stacy
LOL 👍
Lynn, I agree with everyone else – cropping as you did was spot on. It tells us what you want us to focus on and feeds our imaginations about the couple wandering in this charming village. And I don’t feel that by cropping we lost out on the architecture at all. Lovely shot!
Comments appareciated, Stacy – thank you 🙂
I love the changes you’ve made to this image it really tells a story now that it is cropped. Great job. 🙂
It’s sometimes amazing the difference a simple crop makes.
Oh, yes, the cropped image is gorgeous. Great light and cropping above the roses brings the stonework into focus more and frames the image. Nice one Lynne.
Thank you, Jude. 🙂
The crop is spot on, and I also love the processing!
Thank you, Katrina 🙂
You nailed it with that crop….
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Fantastic. I am not a great cropper myself but in doing so you have created a different perspective. I now want to know more about where they are going and who they are that I didn’t get with the wider view.
There are often several images within one photo – I usually check the cropping just to see. While I like the view of the architecture in the original, this crop makes it much more personal and more of an experience. I’m glad you like it, Ben 🙂
Love that. Your edit was just perfect.
Thank you 🙂 Mary