Re: PESO: BIG TUSKER (RE-WORKED)

2018-10-19 Thread Rick Womer
I agree with Ann. Rick > On Oct 19, 2018, at 10:31 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > here we go .. > > much improvement with temperture and sharpness-- I actually find the > background that Pj wants to pare down the best aspect of the photo.. I like > the pattern and color... my personal pref

Re: PESO: BIG TUSKER (RE-WORKED)

2018-10-19 Thread ann sanfedele
here we go .. much improvement with temperture and sharpness--  I actually find the background that Pj wants to pare down the best aspect of the photo.. I like the pattern and color...  my personal pref with the elephant is lower left... but not a square crop, as one of your fixes was. and

Re: PESO: BIG TUSKER (RE-WORKED)

2018-10-19 Thread Alan C
Ah, the PDML is getting into it's stride again! (Are you listening, Dan?). I actually saw the whole image as a kind of abstract but I suppose there are different ways of looking at it. I'll try it your way, PJ Alan C On 19-Oct-18 03:50 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Well I have a nit. Mostly

Re: PESO: BIG TUSKER (RE-WORKED)

2018-10-19 Thread Jack Davis
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 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

Re: PESO: BIG TUSKER (RE-WORKED)

2018-10-19 Thread P. J. Alling
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

Re: PESO: BIG TUSKER (RE-WORKED)

2018-10-19 Thread Jack Davis
Agree that the scene is somewhat sharper with noticeably less glare. Still like this scene with the Tusker placed just slightly left of center. J Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 18, 2018, at 9:18 PM, Alan Cole wrote: > > I altered the temperature (Larry) & sharpened the image (Ann). I think it >

Re: PESO: BIG TUSKER (RE-WORKED)

2018-10-18 Thread lrc
Yup, the highlights ate not nearly do blown out, much better On October 18, 2018 9:18:15 PM PDT, Alan Cole wrote: >I altered the temperature (Larry) & sharpened the image (Ann). I think >it >looks better now. The Elephant was very pale (sun bleached). >

Re: PESO: BIG TUSKER (RE-WORKED)

2018-10-18 Thread Alan Cole
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 wrote: > The colors and shapes in the dry

Re: PESO: BIG TUSKER (RE-WORKED)

2018-10-18 Thread ann sanfedele
 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

Re: PESO: BIG TUSKER (RE-WORKED)

2018-10-18 Thread Alan C
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