On Aug 9, 2012, at 8:16 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions, Bruce. Here's what I came up with based on them, > and I think you're right; it makes for a stronger image: > > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/7746806896/
Very nice. Can you crank up the contrast a bit more too, so that the white is full white, and the black is full black? > > > > On 8/9/2012 9:36 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> Walt, I agree that the perched robin immediately strikes me as the >> strongest image of the three. >> >> But I had another look at the first image. It's interesting because >> the shape of the bird is ambiguous -- it could be falling, or it could >> have been just shot from a cannon. :-) >> >> Anyway, try this: crop out the RHS of the image, about 20% of it, >> until there are just three primary shapes in the image: bird, >> fencepost, and tree-line. Maybe crop out some of the LHS too, for >> balance. I see a slightly surreal and interesting image there. Maybe >> make it B&W too. >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 1:38 AM, Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Occasionally, I'll see something that's terribly back-lit, but still strikes >>> me as having the potential to make a reasonably compelling image as a >>> silhouette. That's happened a couple of times over the past couple of days, >>> so I thought I'd get some feedback on the images. >>> >>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157630981430584/ >>> >>> All three were taken with the K20D and Promaster 70-300 4-5.6. >>> >>> Of the three, I'm more partial to the robin on the fencepost with the >>> cricket in its beak. Any thoughts as to whether these images work or not >>> would be appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -- Walt >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> > > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
