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'''Article(s):''' [[Taj Mahal]]

'''Request:''' {{diff|Talk:India|456804061|456794816|Please see this comment.}} I'm wondering if a new cropped version of this image—at a difference filename, perhaps "Taj Mahal, Agra, India edit3.jpg"—could lop off enough of the sky and sides so that the image obeys the [[rule of thirds]] and adheres to classical Renaissance proportioning WRT positioning of the vanishing point. The framing of the end result could more resemble that in {{image|[[File:Taj Mahal in March 2004.jpg|25px}}]], so that the Taj itself does not look somewhat distant and lost in thumbnail view. Any other colour/miscellaneous fixes welcome. [[User:Saravask|Saravask]] 14:42, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

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{{Done}}: Doesn't quite follow the "rule of thirds", but it's now centered and has a more visually appealing crop. Beautiful photo by the way. [[User:Jbarta|JBarta]] ([[User talk:Jbarta|talk]]) 16:57, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

:Thanks again, Jbarta. If we at [[Talk:India]] end up switching to anything based on {{image|[[File:Taj Mahal, Agra, India edit2.jpg|25px}}]] (which, going off how the discussion is trending so far, looks likely), I'll try to have the "edit3" be it. I'm assuming you didn't trim more sky for aesthetic reasons, which is fine. The "edit3" looks great as is. [[User:Saravask|Saravask]] 13:09, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

::One of my favorite quotes is ''"Rules are for when the brains gives out."'' If we followed the rule of thirds exactly, we would have lopped off the top of the main dome. If we bent the rules and used the main platform of the structure as the horizon, the photo would still be cropped right at the top of the main spire. Personally I don't think that would look so hot. So we fiddle and adjust and come up with something that looks generally pleasing... not too high, not too low, not to far and not too near. And exactly centered, which I believe makes a big difference. This was the result. (The photo was already rotated to perfectly level and was taken from the precise center of the scene... that makes a big aesthetic difference as well.) [[User:Jbarta|JBarta]] ([[User talk:Jbarta|talk]]) 18:04, 23 October 2011 (UTC)