Bruce, Did you try a touch of focused sharpening? Actually, that bit of softness at that location doesn't bother me that much and I don't think I'd care for the result if the offending leaf were removed. I haven't tried it, however.
Jack --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There have been several comments concerning cropping on this one. > What I am wondering is how much of the right leaf to take out and > whether I should rebalance the left side with a similar crop. > > It was my original intent to show the leaf in a group of leaves so > that it could be picked out. > > Thanks for all the input. > > -- > Bruce > > > Tuesday, December 13, 2005, 9:56:31 AM, you wrote: > > TC> Hi Bruce, > > TC> I've taken quite a few shots similar to this and my satisfaction > rate is > TC> pretty low. I like this one. The colors and bokeh are really > pleasing. > TC> The first thing that hits me is the out of focus leaf on the > right. May be > TC> better w/o it. > > TC> Somehow I think it's difficult for shots like this to 'stand on > their own'. > TC> I don't know why. I can see it fitting quite nicely in a small > framed (like > TC> 5 x 7) and matted wall grouping of similar shots (trees and > leaves)... Four > TC> shots maybe? > > TC> Tom C. > > > > > >>From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >>Subject: PESO - Dare to be different > >>Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:43:04 -0800 > >> > >>Pentax *istD, A 70-210/4, Handheld > >>ISO 400, 1/250 sec @ f/5.6 > >> > >>http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_2451.htm > >> > >>Comments welcome > >> > >>-- > >>Bruce > >> > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com