Looking between the cropped/uncropped I think I found the vast bulk of foreground tree (top-right) to be more of a problem than the sky. It seemed a little overwhelming, and cropping helps reduce that a bit. I think I slightly favour the original though. :)
The one with more features in the sky is a third shot I threw in there, which might have confused. Thanks for commenting, all useful. On 3 November 2016 at 18:42, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > Yes that crop is what I was thinking about when I suggested it. The original > image can stand by itself but by eliminating that part of the sky that is > featureless you've improved the image IMO. You have to ask what does a > featureless sky add ? > > BTW the sky shows more features in the original than I recall. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Smith" <rrve...@virginmedia.com> > Subject: RE: PESO Stepping stones > > > >> Eric Featherstone wrote: >> >> Well I decided to try a crop something like Ken suggested: >> https://flic.kr/p/NRsvBg >> For reference, here's the original https://flic.kr/p/Nv3gsy >> >> (And another from a slightly different viewpoint https://flic.kr/p/MTiNUe >> ) >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> When you have an uninteresting sky - one without detail - and there is >> much >> to be seen in the rest of the image, I suppose the question is how much >> does >> that sky add to the image, and if little, how much is worth retaining? Is >> the image improved with some of the sky being removed, or could it have >> gone the whole way with the full removal? At the end of the day, as the >> photographer, how do you want us to see the scene? >> >> I'm now going to sidestep this by saying I love the clouds in the picture >> from a different viewpoint! >> >> Malcolm > > > > -- > 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. -- Eric -- 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.
