Adelheid wrote:
> Bill Peifer "Mars Rising: A Self-Portrait"
> I had a closer look at your pic and realized that cropping might do it
> some good. Get rid of the bright light on the left side and cut the sky
> a bit. I like the colours though. The warm light between the trees and
> the sky is very nice. Your idea of a selfportrait is amusing ;-).
Hi Adelheid,
Thanks for the comments, and thanks also for taking the time to make the
cropped version you sent me off-list. I like your idea of cropping that
bright light on the left -- that works well. I hadn't played with this idea
since I was worried about getting the image of myself too close to the left
edge, and I thought it might be somewhat unsettling if I appeared close
enough to "fall out" of the image. ("Rule" of thirds, and all that.) Your
crop has struck a pretty good balance here, I think. The vertical part of
your crop discards some sky, and this makes for an interesting effect. I
had been thinking more in terms of preserving sky and cropping (or
reshooting) in order to remove the ground.
Again, thanks for your comments.
Bill Peifer
Rochester, NY
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