The wide crop works MUCH better, IMHO. The surroundings fill out the story, and there was way too much contrast in the narrow crop,
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 3/7/10, frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> > Subject: PESO - Cellist on Augusta - wider crop > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <PDML@pdml.net> > Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010, 5:03 PM > Stan wondered how a wider crop of my > earlier PESO might look, and for > the "benefit" (such as it is) of Stan and possibly others > who might > have been curious (but might not have looked back at the > original > thread to see this one), here's our cellist friend with > more back- and > foreground: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/cellist-on-augusta-wider-crop.html > > I cropped from a different photo that I took seconds before > or after > the earlier PESO as there were fewer "offensive bits" in > this version. > I still think there are to many distractions in this > version. I > really like environment in street shots, but it has to be > part of the > story and be aesthetically pleasing - or at least not > offensive as > this is to my eye. > > Anyway, comment if you wish, but I'm putting this out there > more to > contrast with the earlier PESO than anything else. If > do prefer this > to the "original" > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/03/cellist-on-augusta.html > > I'd be interested to know. > > thanks, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
