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In your experiences do you need to crop out empty space in isolation?

This is what I am referring to:



This came from this photo:

It's ambiguous. Theoretically, you could add copy space to every image you post, to qualify for Extra Large status. i don't think designers need that extra space, since they would probably take the isolation, and incorporate it into whatever space they need. I think whenever I see submission, that has "copy space", I am looking at a very old submission, tied to an old idea. I mean where do you stop? An isolation with 4 feet of "copy space"? I've had a couple of rejections, for too much empty space, but the isolations were centered. It's a total crap shoot.

I think you'd be better off with a tighter crop on the flowers and with a white background. Here's how I did a similar shot:

I always keep the dead space as it can be used by the designer. The buyer can crop the image if they want to

I agree ... I think the original photo looks good the way it is. If a designer needs to isolate then usually they prefer to do it themselves anyways.

Submit both images. First one now, and second (original) after few weeks. About cropping the dead space...I would do it like this:

Actually, this is a once a year opportunity for me. This was taken early morning at an amusement park that I get a free ticket to every year. I walked around until I found the right combination of flowers and sunlight. I don't know if you call that a snapshot, but it certainly wasn't done in the studio.

Anyhow, what is the issue with the exposure? I brightened the image 1 f-stop during the RAW conversion since it seemed underexposed. Is it overexposed now?

I really like the way Whitechild did the crop, mind if I steal it?