On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > On Jul 17, 2010, at 9:23 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> >> On Jul 17, 2010, at 4:23 AM, eckinator wrote: >> >>> What Brian said, Larry. Only a gentle crop. >> >> Thank you both. >> >> I confess that out of laziness I hadn't uploaded the final version to >> flickr. When I went back to print it, I tweaked it slightly, pretty much >> exactly as you said: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4802263252/ > > Then, after posting the last, looked at the photo again and went for a much > tighter crop: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4802285668/ > > The photo in the upper right is O Sensei, the founder of aikido, and the > calligraphy, written by O sensei translates to "True Victory is Self > Victory", which are critical elements to "the place". I think that I prefer > the less tightly cropped version, which lends a bit more spareness, and the > feeling of traditional Japanese austerity. > > Comments?
I prefer the first crop. The space in front of the kneeling man gives more breathing room. Nice peaceful tone in the image... -- Michael Hamilton -- 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.
