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Crop to Change the Shape or Orientation

Example: Cropping to turn horizontal image to vertical

Cropping to change shape.

Before: The carving almost fades into the trees. After: The vertical crop accentuates the vertical elements of the foreground and background.

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Not only does the cropping change the photo from horizontal and fat to tall and narrow, it helps to focus attention on the most interesting part of the photo -- the carving -- while still showing enough background to give the image context.
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