Hi Paul:  Yep, that's my biggest regret of the shot: the teapot spout on the 
left.  I was fighting with the tripod when framing, and I didn't get the 
horizon lines level, so I had to use the straighten line gizmo, which left 
me even less room on the left.  Thanks for looking.  Cheers, Christine


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>I prefer the color by a wide margin. It's a nice pic of some interesting 
>pieces. My only bit of advice would be to avoid crops that leave an object 
>tangent to the edge of frame, like the teapot spout in this shot. And since 
>the teapot feels like a main focal point, I think it would be best were it 
>not cropped at all.
> Good work.
> Paul
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> From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> On Jan 27, 2008 9:43 PM, Christine  Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Hi Everyone:
>> >
>> > Trying my hand at some still life and working some very old flood lamps 
>> > I
>> > have.  I only used one lamp mounted on a very wobbly tripod with an
>> > umbrella.   Camera tripod mounted.
>> >
>> >
>> > Color:  K10D/50mm Macro 2.8 @ 2 seconds at f11
>> > small
>> > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6886097
>> >
>> > larger
>> > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6886097&size=lg
>> >
>> >
>> > BW:  K10D/50mm Macro 2.8 @ 2 seconds at f11
>> >
>> > small
>> > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6886102
>> >
>> > larger
>> > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6886102&size=lg
>> >
>> > Any preferences?  Color?  BW?  My husband prefers color, but I can't 
>> > decide.
>> > Any suggestions on how to improve the BW?
>> >
>> > Cheers, Christine
>>
>> Definitely prefer the colour version.  There's a timeless feel to this
>> photo that I really like.  Very understated, but evocative.
>>
>> I like it a lot.
>>
>> cheers,
>> frank
>>
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