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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > 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 that would take some off the > > top to eliminate the distraction of the chair. > > > > For me, neither of those would work. What I see as the main subject in the > > image is/are the dead leaves on the walkway toward the upper part of the > > image. The interesting lines of sunshine in the foreground are just there. > > On their own, it would be just a pattern. But my eye goes past those lines > > and the chair and the “noise” on the left edge help guide my attention to > > the leaves. > > > > In short, I like it as it is. If it were mine and if I were to do anything > > else, I would darken the bricks so that they receded further in the > > background. Though I do like Larry’s notion of having a nude lying on the > > walkway (as though she were sunbathing?) And then the chair and leaves etc > > could be/should be cropped because then the composition would have a point > > of interest. > > > > Stan > > > > > >> On Apr 3, 2021, at 11:58 AM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> 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 to blush-inducing > >> flattery. > >> > >> Rick > >> -- > >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> follow the directions. > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
