Thanks - don't know how big I can print it yet, but I'll certainly play around with a cropping as you suggested. Thanks for your comments and suggestions.
-- Bruce Sunday, October 15, 2006, 8:34:29 AM, you wrote: SB> Good Morning, Bruce ... SB> I like this photo quite a bit. I usually don't like the artificiality SB> associated with zoo pics, but here you were able to get something that SB> seems to "remove" the zoo environment from the photo. That you got Leo SB> looking right at you is very nice. SB> IMO the photo could be quite a bit stronger by cropping some from the L & R SB> sides. I did a 4:5 ratio and, to my eye, Leo looks a lot stronger yet SB> nothing of importance was lost. SB> I'd really like to see what this looks like in a larger print with a SB> tighter crop and greater emphasis on the lion's visage. How large a print SB> could you make using a 4:5 ratio without loosing any sharpness or detail? SB> Can you get a 12x15 out of it? SB> Shel >> [Original Message] >> From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Date: 10/15/2006 8:11:29 AM >> Subject: PESO - The King >> >> Taken in the San Francisco Zoo. I would hope to someday be able to go >> to Africa and see these in the wild. >> >> Pentax *istD, Sigma 100-300/4 @ 300mm, monopod >> ISO 200, 1/350 sec @ f/4.0 >> >> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/sfzoo_0232.htm >> >> Comments welcome >> >> -- >> Bruce >> >> >> >> -- >> 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
