Brenden, Isolating those components which contribute to the chosen scene, is the point of all cropping. Often a peek at more of the surrounding terrain completely destroys the intended mood. I, as mentioned eaelier, like your chosen crop.
Jack --- Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That was mentioned before (that the top of the frame > might lead the eye to nowhere). A fair criticism. I > don't know, perhaps using the 55mm and horizontally > would've produced more of a "landscape" but I was > going for grabbing detail in the space. That's why I > choose to use the 165mm instead. > > One thing I find when I'm out and about is that the > wheather dictates much of what I shoot. If I have an > uninteresting sky I leave it out (as I did on this > day). > > -Brendan > > --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brendan MacRae" > > Subject: Peso - Yuba River > > > > > > > Here's one from a few weeks back. Taken on the > > Yuba > > > river here in the beautiful nothern California > > Gold > > > > > http://www.members.aol.com/figgaro/yuba.jpg > > > > > > Comments encouraged. > > > > I have a real problem with vertical landscapes. I > > just don't like em. > > Great preface, I know. > > The very back of the picture appeaers to be slightly > > out of depth of > > field. This is why I don't like the 6x7 as a > > landscape camera. > > This is the type of picture I would take > > (horizontally, more than > > likely), and the 6x7 makes me mental. > > A view camera is really a better machine for this > > sort of thing. > > I'd consider cropping the bottom off and bringing it > > to square. > > > > William Robb > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
