In the above image, the close up sharp detail has been cropped. It is a deliberate choice as it shows perfectly why cropping is sometimes a bad idea. The focussing effect is lost and we replace it with a flat image of the side of a train. It does not work.
Here we get a different story. The original image shows a lunchtime queue and is meant to show the general chaos surrounding the process - in the sequence of which it is part, the door on the right is an important part of the the image as it emphasises the entry into the dining area.
Cropped, the image is much more about the people; the half-hidden faces of the girl and the lad with the woolly hat are eye-catching; the air of general disorganisation and impatience is there still but we lose the context. The adult in the foreground becomes just another part of the image rather than a functional part as with the non cropped image.
I cropped the above image into a square on the left. The tree now becomes the subject of the image, whereas it made an interesting backdrop to an urban scene in the uncropped image.
