Re: iPESO: Cast Aside

2020-10-12 Thread Larry Colen
> On Oct 12, 2020, at 5:10 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > although I often suggest someone try a BW version if I think color is a > distrction or doesn't add anything I don't remember doing it with this image.. > in fact, I don't remember seeing it before.. I've hardly looked at mail for > the

Re: iPESO: Cast Aside

2020-10-12 Thread ann sanfedele
although I often suggest someone try a BW version if I think color is a distrction or doesn't add anything I don't remember doing it with this image.. in fact, I don't remember seeing it before.. I've hardly looked at mail for the last couple of days.. Perhaps another of the usual subjects.

Re: iPESO: Cast Aside

2020-10-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Larry and Ralf. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 2:02 PM Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > Am 12.10.20 um 19:06 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: > > As a learning exercise, I tried making the image a black and

Re: iPESO: Cast Aside

2020-10-12 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 12.10.20 um 19:06 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: As a learning exercise, I tried making the image a black and white, as suggested by Ann. I also cropped out the grass and Belgian blocks at the bottom, as suggested by Paul, but went much further and removed most of the leaves as well A totally

Re: iPESO: Cast Aside

2020-10-12 Thread lrc
I'd say they all work and are all different photos. It's an interesting exercise to see what you can change by cropping. On October 12, 2020 10:06:04 AM PDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >As a learning exercise, I tried making the image a black and white, as >suggested by Ann. I also cropped

Re: iPESO: Cast Aside

2020-10-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
As a learning exercise, I tried making the image a black and white, as suggested by Ann. I also cropped out the grass and Belgian blocks at the bottom, as suggested by Paul, but went much further and removed most of the leaves as well, to make it more minimalist and an abstract version of my

Re: iPESO: Cast Aside

2020-10-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks for looking and for your insightful suggestions, Paul. Cropping out the grass and pavers might indeed make it a better image. For me, they were vital to the image I saw, to show where the mask had been carelessly discarded. Perhaps I will make a second version, a minimalist abstract one,

Re: iPESO: Cast Aside

2020-10-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Ralf. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 4:46 PM Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > Am 11.10.20 um 21:00 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: > > Larry, is this any better? > > I'm not Larry but I think it's far

Re: iPESO: Cast Aside

2020-10-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
Here's my 2¢...The second image is better than the first, but, for me, the grass and paving stones at the bottom add nothing to the image.  Try cropping up from the bottom so the grass and the pavers are gone and you have just the leaves along the bottom border. -p On 10/11/2020 9:01 AM,

Re: iPESO: Cast Aside

2020-10-11 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 11.10.20 um 21:00 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: Larry, is this any better? I'm not Larry but I think it's far better. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web :

Re: iPESO: Cast Aside

2020-10-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Larry, is this any better? http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/10/11/mask Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 12:31 PM Larry Colen wrote: > > > > On Oct 11, 2020, at 7:01 AM, Daniel J.

Re: iPESO: Cast Aside

2020-10-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Larry. This was a quick iPhone grab, so I don't think there is much there I can work with. My dog was pulling me away, as he had just spotted the neighborhood fox. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at

Re: iPESO: Cast Aside

2020-10-11 Thread Larry Colen
> On Oct 11, 2020, at 7:01 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > From my morning walk with Bandit: > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/10/11/cast-aside Very nice. I might like it a little better if it could be recropped so that the mask were closer to the diagonal

iPESO: Cast Aside

2020-10-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
>From my morning walk with Bandit: http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/10/11/cast-aside Taken with my iPhone 8 Plus Comments are invited and appreciated. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * -- PDML Pentax-Discuss