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-----Original Message----- >From: Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: Sparrows, now at twice the focal length! > >"Here, Here." You did good, Ken. > >Jack > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Kenneth Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >Cc: >Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2013 9:06 AM >Subject: Re: Sparrows, now at twice the focal length! > > >You got it Larry! >When I made the suggestion I assumed you had more image to crop from. Having >the subject looking into the scene tends to keep the viewers eye in the frame. > >-----Original Message----- >>From: Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> >>Subject: Re: Sparrows, now at twice the focal length! >> >>On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 11:44:25PM -0500, Igor Roshchin wrote: >>> Tue Dec 24 15:11:13 EST 2013 >>> Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>> > On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 03:06:22PM -0500, Ken Waller wrote: >>> > > I much prefer the second or sixth image. With the second I'd want to >>> > > see him looking into the frame instead of out of it - you have a >>> > > good pose and a catchlight in the eye in both the second and the >>> > > sixth. >>> > >>> > Thanks for the feedback. Even at 500mm there was a lot of extra >>> > room in the frame so I just centered the bird and used the center >>> > autofocus point then did my composition when I cropped, so I can >>> > easily recompose with the bird further to the right in the frame. >>> >>> I guess, what Ken is talking about is not the framing but rather how >>> the head is turned. I agree with that. >> >>I can't go back and change the head, but here is a reframing of it: >>http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/11543308935/ >>original: >>http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/11526991656 >> >> >>> >>> I like LRC10100 the most. >>> I think that one is what Ken referred to as "the second image". >>> The "sixth" (10107) is just a bit too much straight, it needs >>> just a bit more turn of the head. >> >>I'm afraid that that isn't something I can do anything about. >> >>Today, I was prepared to go back out with bigma and monopod. Before >>lunch, on my way to the lab, the birds were out in force. >>In the afternoon, when I had time to shoot, waiting for the installation >>program to finish, they were gone, nary a sparrow to be seen. >> >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Igor >>> >>> PS. Regarding the "model": >>> In some countries, sparrows are a nuisance, pretty much like pigeons >>> at a city square. I know, I also like taking photos of something that >>> "normal" people consider as nuisance at best, or ugly and gross >>> otherwise. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >>-- >>Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
