Hi Bruce, I've been playing with the crop quite a bit. The pic has already been cropped to a 5:7 format. I wanted to keep the roses on the LH side in the pic as I think their a nice (and maybe even symbolic) counterpoint to the kids, and the pole on the right seems to make a good framing element and anchor point. Cutting off from the top and leaving the pole and the roses didn't work for me. I'll keep playing with it - perhaps there's a better crop in there somewhere ;-)) Maybe the pic just needs to be seen larger?
Actually, I did go out with the 24 with you in mind, as well as to refamiliarize myself with it. I've rarely used it on the istDS, and I'm starting to like it more with every shot. Whatever sharpness and focusing problems I had with it at first, a couple of months ago, are gone. Might have just been me getting used to the camera/lens combination. Did you get my off-list message with the bokeh test and my offer? Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bruce Dayton > I like the placement of the kids along with enough around it to help > identify the place/circumstances. I've always loved shots of kids > playing - getting harder to shoot in these modern times (not because > kids don't play, but because our society is wary of strangers). > > I do think, however, that a fair bit of cropping could be done both > top and left without affecting the overall scene. It would help us > pick up on the subject a little more. I realize, that you had to > shoot what you could with the lens at hand (maybe even for my benefit > - thanks). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
