Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice

2007-04-09 Thread Bruce Dayton
Thanks for the cropping advice Christian. As to softness, I won't disagree. I'm sure it comes from two major areas - one I can control and one I can't. Shooting technique is still in it's infancy for me and I'm sure that I can improve quite a bit. The other is equipment. I am shooting a lowly T

Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice

2007-04-09 Thread Christian
Bruce Dayton wrote: > I'd like some advice on how to crop this shot most effectively. Some > of the surroundings are probably nice to have and some not. > > Pentax K10D, Tokina AT-X SD 400/5.6, Handheld > ISO 400, 1/750 sec @ f/5.6 > > Here is my take: http://tinyurl.com/38d3ru Incidentally,

Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice

2007-04-09 Thread Christian
Rick Womer wrote: > Dave's is good. Another possibility is to crop the > left 60% and the right 20% and make it a vertical. > > Rick >>> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4666.htm That's what I'd do... Make it a vertical. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Disc

Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice

2007-04-09 Thread Boris Liberman
I'd do the same or as similar as possible... Boris David Savage wrote: > Here's my take: > > > > Cheers, > > Dave > > On 4/8/07, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm sure I'm going to get some heckling for forgetting the

Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice

2007-04-07 Thread David Savage
On 4/8/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/4/07, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Here's my take: > > > > > > Bloody cheat!! > > Not bad... Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pd

Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice

2007-04-07 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/7/2007 10:37:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm sure I'm going to get some heckling for forgetting the URL - probably the best crop of all . Here's the URL: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4666.htm -- Best regards, Bruce == Vertic

Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice

2007-04-07 Thread Jay Taylor
> Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 > Bruce Dayton wrote: > > I'd like some advice on how to crop this shot most effectively. Some > of the surroundings are probably nice to have and some not. Bruce, I like the overall image especially the colors, but agree it could be cropped some. Initially I thought ju

Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice

2007-04-07 Thread P. J. Alling
I think you should crop it horizontally just above the white portion. Bruce Dayton wrote: > I'd like some advice on how to crop this shot most effectively. Some > of the surroundings are probably nice to have and some not. > > Pentax K10D, Tokina AT-X SD 400/5.6, Handheld > ISO 400, 1/750 sec @ f

Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice

2007-04-07 Thread Cotty
On 8/4/07, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: >Here's my take: > > Bloody cheat!! Not bad... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice

2007-04-07 Thread Kenneth Waller
My take also. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice > I'd make it a vertical with the branch he's sitting on tucked into > the upper left hand corner. Good shot, b

Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice

2007-04-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'd make it a vertical with the branch he's sitting on tucked into the upper left hand corner. Good shot, by the way. Ugly bird:-)). Paul On Apr 7, 2007, at 1:36 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > I'm sure I'm going to get some heckling for forgetting the URL - > probably the best crop of all . > > > Her

Re: JunkEmail: Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice

2007-04-07 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Bruce, On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 10:36:42 -0700, Bruce Dayton wrote: >I'm sure I'm going to get some heckling for forgetting the URL - >probably the best crop of all . Won't go into that, pot & kettle :-) > >Here's the URL: >http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4666.htm Well,the blurred branches/tre

Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice

2007-04-07 Thread Rick Womer
Typo: crop the left 40 percent. Leave the bird! Rick --- David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's my take: > > > > Cheers, > > Dave > > On 4/8/07, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I'm sure I'm going to get

Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice

2007-04-07 Thread Rick Womer
Dave's is good. Another possibility is to crop the left 60% and the right 20% and make it a vertical. Rick --- David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's my take: > > > > Cheers, > > Dave > > On 4/8/07, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL

PESO - Bird - cropping advice

2007-04-07 Thread Bruce Dayton
I'd like some advice on how to crop this shot most effectively. Some of the surroundings are probably nice to have and some not. Pentax K10D, Tokina AT-X SD 400/5.6, Handheld ISO 400, 1/750 sec @ f/5.6 -- Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice

2007-04-07 Thread David Savage
Here's my take: Cheers, Dave On 4/8/07, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure I'm going to get some heckling for forgetting the URL - > probably the best crop of all . > > > Here's the URL: > http://www.daytonphoto.com/

Re: PESO - Bird - cropping advice

2007-04-07 Thread Bruce Dayton
I'm sure I'm going to get some heckling for forgetting the URL - probably the best crop of all . Here's the URL: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4666.htm -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, April 7, 2007, 10:35:02 AM, you wrote: BD> I'd like some advice on how to crop this shot most effectiv