Many thanks to all who have replied. It seems that most of you feel like me in that there is context that needs to be preserved. I have tried Kenneth's suggested crop here and I think it works pretty well. It gets rid of some of the empty sky without losing the context, I think.
http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4280a.htm Original http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4280.htm -- Bruce Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 1:27:43 PM, you wrote: KW> Bruce, I just did a rectangular crop (3 to 2), putting the birds in the KW> upper left quadrant & I think its an improvement. KW> The blank sky bothered me more than anything else in the original image KW> Kenneth Waller KW> ----- Original Message ----- KW> From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> KW> Subject: PESO - Flying >> I'd like some feedback on this. The issue is whether to crop it or >> not. What I like about this presentation is that you can get the >> sense of them flying over the trees. Cropping removes that context. >> On the other hand, there is sufficient detail in the ducks to handle >> some crop. >> >> Pentax K10D, Tokina AT-X AF 400/5.6, Handheld >> ISO 200, 1/500 sec @ f/8 >> >> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4280.htm >> >> Comments welcome >> >> -- >> Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
