Also, the suggested slight crop at the top should essentially return the image to it's initial aspic ratio. J
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 5, 2018, at 4:56 AM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > We are going to drive you crazy, Subash.. :-) > > What Larry just said about trimming just a bit on the left will balance the > photo a bit better for those of us who don't like centering .. my main > objection was the blurry black blobwhich drew my eye right to it. > > ann > >> On 9/5/2018 1:37 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> >> Jack Davis wrote on 9/4/18 7:53 PM: >>> No Subash! Centering disturbs the >>> balance. Best to allow more space >>> in front of the featured subject. >>> Trust! >> >> I like the "more bird less water" of the tighter crop. I also empathize with >> Jack's comment about centering. I think that you could crop a bit more off >> of the left (between the two big broken shells?) and if you want to preserve >> the aspect ratio a bit off the top. >> >> The yellow clam is merely good, while the bird is great. If I were to follow >> my rule of get rid of everything that is merely good, leaving only the great >> stuff, I'd crop to the left where I mentioned above, crop the bottom just >> below the feet, and leave stuff on the right to maintain aspect ratio and >> give some space in front of the bird. >> >>> >>> J >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Sep 4, 2018, at 7:30 PM, Subash Jeyan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 21:59:37 -0400 >>>> ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Suibash - I' not crazy about square crops but I kinda agree with >>>>> Larry on this one.. though probably would not crop as much as he is >>>>> indicating... and only then because ofthe little black bloch that is >>>>> outoof in the water.. hmm maybe photshopnoise reduction to blur the >>>>> water entirely would work too.. >>>>> >>>>> That little guy is one I've encountered in NOrth America - guess he >>>>> really gets around :-) >>>> >>>> >>>> Larry, Ann: i've cropped the picture differently. hope it looks better >>>> now... >>>> >>>> >>>>>> On 9/4/2018 9:45 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 04 Sep 2018 18:39:19 -0700 >>>>>> [email protected] wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Great shot, but could be cropped square from the left side. Nothing >>>>>>> to the right of the yellow clam adds anything to the photo. >>>>>> you are right Larry. i also forgot to add PESO to the subject. my >>>>>> senior moment... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On September 4, 2018 6:36:12 PM PDT, Subash Jeyan >>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> another visitor from western europe: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://something-feathered.in/2018/09/05/ruddy-turnstone/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > > > > -- > 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.
