Sometimes you take a photo that frames the being/object/scene you wanted to capture.
Sometimes there exists a photo within a photo (sometimes on purpose, sometimes not).
Sometimes you can allow less to be more.
I am prone to looking at an original photo and wanting to keep only a piece of it (or at least, wanting to keep this smaller piece separately).
I am apparently especially prone to doing this with photos of vegetative matter.
In these instances, I can feel as if the piece is greater than the whole.
These are all examples of that.
These were once all photos with more in them than what you see here. But now I like them better as smaller pieces.
This is an especial favorite. Really, what good is a photo of the whole log when you can have this instead?
More striking?
More interesting? 
Cropping can change the lines of a photo, can let you show what you really wanted to be seen.
It's as if you can take the important part of the photograph and pull that out to be front and center. 
And, in this way, you can hope to let someone else see better for having less to look at.
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