Re: Which of the two?

2012-07-29 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thanks to all for your thoughtful suggestions. From the variety of opinions, I see that there is no trivial solution. Hopefully, I'll get some time to play with this shot soon to see how of some suggested ideas would work. Igor Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:23:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Igor Roshchin

RE: Which of the two?

2012-07-29 Thread J.C. O'Connell
PM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: Re: Which of the two? Thanks to all for your thoughtful suggestions. From the variety of opinions, I see that there is no trivial solution. Hopefully, I'll get some time to play with this shot soon to see how of some suggested ideas would work. Igor Date: Fri, 27

RE: Which of the two?

2012-07-27 Thread J.C. O'Connell
#2, Less empty space. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Igor Roshchin Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 7:24 PM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: Which of the two? I am going

Re: Which of the two?

2012-07-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I like the squarer of the two crops; it feels more intimate. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 7:23 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: I am going through photos taken last weekend at Austin Blues Party. I cannot decide between these

Re: Which of the two?

2012-07-27 Thread Larry Colen
I like the square crop, the larger crop has a lot of stuff in it that isn't needed. You could try a 2x3 crop with the right edge in the same spot as on the square crop, and the bottom just below the silver pendant. On Jul 27, 2012, at 5:45 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I like the squarer of

Re: Which of the two?

2012-07-27 Thread steve harley
on 2012-07-27 17:23 Igor Roshchin wrote I cannot decide between these two fun shots: http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR38340.jpg or http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR38340-2.jpg ... I didn't mean which of the two women, but rather which of the two crops? I'd appreciate your input especially if you can

Re: Which of the two?

2012-07-27 Thread Bruce Walker
Definitely #2, the square crop. All that space both sides of #1 is useless and weakens it. Says Hi, I'm a snapshot! But as others have said, you could also do a 5x7 or 8x10 crop and see how well those tighten it up too. On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 7:23 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: I

Re: Which of the two?

2012-07-27 Thread Stan Halpin
For me, it depends on who the photo is for. The problem I see with the second is that the vertical format + taller figure + taller hat make the woman on the right much more prominent. But the nice diagonal brings the eyes back to the woman on our left. So there is a bit of tension there, 'tis

Re: Which of the two?

2012-07-27 Thread Boris Liberman
First one. It has slightly more air. The second one with tighter crop is too tight to me. In fact given that object above and to the right from the ladies in the frame, even the first picture may be a bit too close. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On July 28, 2012