I had a problem choosing the crop too. I'm unsure what to do with an object like this, so I tried lots of variations. But worse I was trying to locate a sweet angle of view that contained the elements and excluded power lines, neighbouring roofs, trees, satellite dishes, etc. On top of that I had to wait for the clouds to look good.
This photo shtuff's a bitch. It's no wonder some folks are content to just collect lenses. :-) Thanks, Don! On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Don Guthrie <shark50...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a really like for me. Nice juxtaposition of colors & light. Not > sure of the crop. I don't dislike it & I tend to crop everything too tight. > But the white wispy clouds pull my view downward. > > > pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 15:42:47 -0400 >> From: Bruce Walker<bruce.wal...@gmail.com> >> >> To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List<PDML@pdml.net> >> Subject: PESO Kanzan Dusk 2 >> Message-ID: >> >> <CAJUU0CdY358CRGhk=E69dTsxv1VTYMA-xsONF=j8mrnwpqp...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> >> Here's my own recent dusk photography result, from our backyard Kanzan >> Cherry standard, giving one of its best shows this year: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8722338154/lightbox/ >> >> I lit this with an AF540FGZ inside a 36" umbrella softbox on a 9-foot >> stand that I extended up into the tree. I stood on a ladder and >> composed until I got the clouds in behind. I also added a green gel to >> the flash and colour-corrected that in Lightroom which caused the sky >> and clouds to go pinker to better match the flowers. >> >> K20D, DA* 55/1.4 @ 6.3, 1/160th, ISO 100; Lightroom, Photoshop. > > > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
