PESO - Fence Shadow

A March leftover: Sunlight shining through our back yard fence on a March afternoon: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2021/March-2021/Miscellany/i-vpMpxzK/A (K-5, DA 17-70) Comments always appreciated, from withering criticism to blush-inducing flattery. Rick -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mai

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Very striking patterns and compelling composition! If it were mine, I might crop it a bit to simplify the patterns and make it a bit more minimalist, but it is quite effective as is. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sat, Apr 3, 20

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> On Apr 3, 2021, at 8:58 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > > A March leftover: Sunlight shining through our back yard fence on a March > afternoon: > > https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2021/March-2021/Miscellany/i-vpMpxzK/A > > (K-5, DA 17-70) > > Comments always appreciated, from withering criticism

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I am usually a champion of cropping. When I clicked through to your image I had already seen the others’ suggestions about maybe going more minimal by cropping some elements. I toyed with the idea of a square crop of just the foreground bricks and the main brick walkway. And also with a crop tha

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Thanks Dan, Larry, and Stan! I played with various crops for a while too, and finally decided that the edge of the flower bed, leaves, and chair each had roes to play. When I cropped any of them out it didn’t “work” anymore. Puzzles me too! Rick > On Apr 5, 2021, at 4:47 PM, Stanley Halpin

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It's a nice image as is (no need to crop). Maybe experiment with the same setting and different angles and times (which would create different light angles). I would be tempted to try B&W, high contrast or even HDR :) Toine On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 at 18:10, Rick Womer wrote: > > Thanks Dan, Larry, an