Yes, I think the vertical crop is better balanced. How big an image were you left with after the crop?
I find the 80-320 a real workhorse lens. Seems to perform much better than would be expected for a fairly low-spec lens. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks, Paul. You're right, I did consider a tighter crop, mainly > to > get rid of those fuzzy limbs close in on the left, but this is > already > a very heavy crop and small file. > Ken suggested the same thing, so I'm providing the link to a > tighter > crop. It's a vertical to include that 'wing' hanging down from > breakfast, the lower tip of which I cut off slightly when shot. > I think it holds up fairly well. > > Jack > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=277 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Free pop3 email with a spam filter. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/5 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

