On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:46 AM, AlunFoto <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Darren, > I think you're looking at the aspect ratio with the matting included. > That's why you get the odd numbers.
No, first I cropped out the "matting". My aspect ratio is correct. >I'm a bit fascinated that you > bothered doing them, actually... :-) Well it took all of 60 seconds to try. It easy to practice one's eye at composition by looking critically at other's work, as well as one's own. Exercise, exercise! (The only kind of exercise I seem to get these days involves pushing a mouse.) : ) > Notice the shadow diagonal on the left side. If you crop out more of > the bramble, that line will look odder than it does here. Also, the > twigs themselves will look more like intruders into the frame than > part of the composition. I don't see that throwing the swans > off-centre improves the image more than further cropping will counter. > > But thanks for the suggestions anyway! Much appreciated. In re-reading my post I see that I don't know my right from my left. I *meant* to crop out the small bramble on the right. Position the selection tool all the way to the bottom, but cropping out the small bramble on the RIGHT. Now draw up and left as far as you can at the same aspect ratio as the original photo. You maintain all of the left (and the diagonal shadow that we both really like and want to maintain.) We lose only a bit at the top. Only a suggestion, and all are free to disagree. As I said, a powerful image as it is. Thank you for sharing it! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
