Until now, with few exceptions, I have kept the shape of photographs the same as that of the camera's sensor. I decided to experiment and crop selected photographs (none of which were posed) from Egypt to 1 x 1 and 9 x 16. In some cases the cropping is so severe that picture resolution was compromised. C'est la vie. The photographs were chosen so that the cropping improved the composition of the photograph, or at least gave a different impression. (Personal opinion) A square format seems to be appropriate for many portraits, while 9 x 16 works well with photographs in which a sense of breadth is appropriate. I will be more open minded about cropping dimensions in the future.
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Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau
View from bus, near cairo
Boatman that took us to Philae
Doorwoman at Temple of Hathor, Abu Simbel
Captain of the ship on Lake Nassar
Steersman on felucca at Aswan
Street scene, Aswan
Scene from bus, Ashwan
Sunset on the Nile headed north from Ashwan
Entrance passageway to Kom Ombo Temple
Guard, Kom Ombo Temple
Dawn, Dock at Kom Ombo
On the way to Edfu
Edfu
Scene near dock at Edfu
View from buggy on way back to the dock, Edfu
Backgammon game, from bus,Luxor
Row of ram-headed, lion-bodied sphinxes Karnac Temple, Luxor
Guard at KarnacTemple, Luxor
West Bank of Nile at Luxor
Visitors at Karnac Temple, Luxor
Guards at Karnac temple complex
View from bus, Luxor
Early morning ballooning over West Bank at Luxor
Street scene, Luxor
View from bus, Luxor
Women at Temple of Habu
Street scene, Luxor
Mosque of ar-Rifai, Cairo
Looking between Mosques of Sultan Hassan and ar-Rifai to Mosque of an-Nasr Mohammed, Cairo
Prayer bead seller outside Mosque of Sayyidna al-Hussein
Vender near Khan al-Khalili Bazaar, Cairo
Copyic area, Cairo
