Thanks for all of the comments on this - much appreciated. Some specific replies......
Bob W said: "Bit of a Michael Busselle in Tuscany influence going on there." Thanks - I have a couple of Busselle's books. I like his work. Ken, Frank, Christine and Bruce suggested that the sky be cropped - about half of the sky above the tallest tree. I hadn't considered that. It does seem to improve the composition without losing any of the slanting clouds. Thanks for the suggestion. Subash, Ann, Bruce, Marnie and Dave commented on my statement that I wasn't sure "if the Norfolk Island Pines add to or detract from the composition" and indicated that the trees added to the composition of the image. I didn't express myself very well. I should have said "the arrangement of the Norfolk Island Pines" .... I didn't mean to suggest that the image would be better without them. I was just wondering whether a different shooting position, that made the left hand pine less central in the image and clumped the three trees closer together, would have resulted in a better composition. Rick suggested (and Marnie and Luiz agreed) that the left-hand distant clump of trees be brightened a bit, "so that it looks less like a giant cow patty" Hmmm - that would be one very large cow.... Point accepted, however! Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
