I'm with Bob on this one. Because the girl is not THE subject, but more of a prop - as you described, cropping to make her more prominent doesn't really help. So I vote for uncropped with darker clouds.
-- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 5:12:52 AM, you wrote: BS> Brian, BS> All look pretty good to me. BS> My preference is for the original, perhaps with the darker clouds. BS> I'd want to keep the water on the left and little rise on the right, BS> for the sense of place they provide. BS> The pano is attractive as well. BS> Regards, Bob S. BS> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 6:20 AM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: >> G'day all >> >> On my recent trip to the north coast of New South Wales, I came across >> this track leading up to a coastal headland. I thought it would make an >> interesting image in the right light but I also thought it would be more >> interesting with someone walking along the track. >> >> Not having anyone handy to use as a model, I sat down beside the track, >> pre-focused on an appropriate point and waited.... >> >> After 15-20 minutes, this very attractive young lady walked by. She >> said "Hello". I said "G'day". She walked up the track and I grabbed >> this image. >> >> Here's several crops - I'm tending towards Crop 3 but it loses the patch >> of ocean on the left which, although small, gives the other crops a bit >> of context. >> >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/NSW-Qld_May_2010/index.html >> >> >> What say you? Any other suggestions? The uncropped version is No:1 and >> the final image is a quick and dirty B&W conversion to see if there's >> any potential there. >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Brian >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Brian Walters >> Western Sydney Australia >> http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ >> >> >> -- >> >> >> -- >> http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service >> >> >> -- >> 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.
