Either the first or second look fine to me. The crop looks a bit to tight. The B&W looks interesting, but out of place.
Dave On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 3:03 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
