I prefer the "8X10" crop. I seem to want to see a little more at the bottom, however. If possible, I'd drop the bottom edge by moving the entire frame down. If not possible, suggest you crop the top to eliminate the background above the female lion's ears by about one third. Nice IQ!
Jack --- On Tue, 3/23/10, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John Sessoms <[email protected]> > Subject: PESO: 4 in 1 Lions > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 12:03 PM > My nature photography group is having > an exhibition, and I'm considering this image for the show. > Four slightly different versions of the same image. This was > my second outing with the K20D and is also an example of the > kind of images possible with the notorious "Bigma" - Sigma > 50-500. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/4458039806 > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/4457262217 > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/4458038850 > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/4458038552 > > They are in order: Brown grass, Green grass, Crop, > B&W. > > I used the color replacement tool to brown the grass and > make it look more "natural", but am not quite easy with the > "ethics" of that. > > The grass in the lion enclosure at the NC Zoo is BRIGHT > green, doesn't really evoke the natural habitat. It's really > garish to my eye. > > I used an 8x10 crop to get a more intimate image. This is > my preferred image. > > Finally I included a B&W conversion to finesse the > grass color question. Which brings up a question, why is > B&W conversion acceptable and re-painting bright green > grass brown is dodgy? > > I invite your comments. > > -- 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. > -- 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.
