I’ve often read about street photographers discovering an interesting object sneaking itself into the frame, but never to any extent worth noticing experienced it myself.

Having initially framed this couple as they were busy taking their selfie, I patched the raw file onto the computer, but couldn’t actually find a crop that pleased me. But before giving up, I decided to keep on narrowing it down, getting rid of as much as possible.

And suddenly she appeared. The lady in the background, whom I hadn’t noticed at all. Doesn’t she make the whole picture? I think she does.

So cropping can be … well interesting after all, to say it least.