Since "He" is facing right, I would not limit his view to the right. Would be visually awkward to me. J
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 19, 2018, at 6:50 AM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well I have a nit. > > Mostly that big boy doesn't look so big. He kind of gets lost in the > landscape, and the trees. > > I know you intended to show his environment, and it's good to show him in his > environment, but the upper third of the frame doesn't really add to the > story, and the right most third pretty much repeats what we see on the left. > > I think I would have cropped to put the elephant at the upper right rule of > thirds point, just because that's where most peoples eyes are drawn. > > Larry's right, exposure correction makes a big positive difference. > > >> On 10/19/2018 12:51 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> Yup, the highlights ate not nearly do blown out, much better >> >>> On October 18, 2018 9:18:15 PM PDT, Alan Cole <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> I altered the temperature (Larry) & sharpened the image (Ann). I think >>> it >>> looks better now. The Elephant was very pale (sun bleached). >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/45420596741/ >>> >>> Alan C >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 9:17 PM ann sanfedele <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> The colors and shapes in the dry vegetation are interesting, but >>> the >>>> real problem with the shot is that nothing is sharp. The elephant is >>>> burnt out, >>>> he appears white on myscreen.. lots of ways you can get interesting >>>> geometry out of this, but the blur - especially in the foreground is >>>> hard to deal with. >>>> too bad, because it is so interesting >>>> >>>> ann >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10/18/2018 7:24 AM, Alan C wrote >>>>> OK, Larry - here it is - Rule of Thirds! >>>>> >>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/44490136335/ >>>>> >>>>> Alan C >>>>> >>>>>> On 18-Oct-18 11:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Alan C wrote on 10/18/18 12:35 AM: >>>>>>> An Old Big Tusker searching for sustenance in a dry landscape. >>>>>>> Phalaborwa/Shingwedzi Road, Kruger Park. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We had the first seasonal rain (10mm) last night. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/45401309881/ >>>>>> I actually quite like that one. Most of your wildlife shots are >>> cool >>>>>> because wildlife. I think that with a bit of cropping (probably >>> left >>>>>> and bottom) to move the elephant out of the dead center of the >>> frame, >>>>>> that could be an amazing shot. >>>>>>> K5 & HD 55-300 @ 300mm Range about 300m. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Alan C >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --- >>>>>>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus >>> software. >>>>>>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >>>> -- >>>> 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. > > -- > America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. > America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. > - P.J. O'Rourke > > > -- > 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.
