Great shot. Good eye. I prefer the original here. I think the foreground foliage adds to the appeal and the intrigue. IMHO, the darkened sky is just darer, not necessarily an improvement. Paul On Jul 14, 2006, at 10:37 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> Hi Bruce ... > > Wow! My kinda pic ... you've got a good eye and a great sense of > titling > your pics. > > I think this image can be improved a bit. There's a lot of OOF > stuff in > the foreground. Cropping the image in such a way as to lose all or > most of > the OOF grass seems to help. When I did that I noticed another > aspect of > the photo that I didn't see before, that being two tall stalks to > the left > and somewhat behind the aliens, almost mimicking them - perhaps > they are > alien pets, or slaves, or servants. You never know with those crazy > aliens. Or maybe they are immigration officials <LOL> literally > stalking > the unwanted aliens. The burnt out sky is an iffy thing for me ... > on some > viewings it's not a bother and at other times some blue seems to be an > improvement. > > So, in my typical fashion, I fiddled with the pic just so you could > see > what I saw, which may really be an eye sore. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/bkd_3160adj.jpg > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Bruce Dayton > >> Perhaps a bit lighthearted - didn't see the resemblance until viewing >> on a bigger screen. >> >> Pentax *istD, A 70-210/4, Handheld >> ISO 200, 1/1000 sec @ f/6.7 >> >> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3160a.htm > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
