Steve Desjardins wrote: >It is a bit washed out. I was using manual exposure so I just kept it >set on (for example) f5.6 at 1500 and checked it every so often to be >sure it was till working. Since it was morning, the light changed >gradually. > >That "diagonal stick" is distracting. I have no scruples at all about >removing stuff but I haven't taken the time yet <g>. I coudl just crop >it out, but I like have the main subject off center with the field >stretching out behind. I'll play with it. > >Steve >
Yeah, thats the problem -- the geometry of the photo is good -- I like the off center to the right main subject (opposite of my political views). ann > > > >>>>ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/2/2007 2:28 PM >>> >>>> >>>> >Steve Desjardins wrote: > > > >>Another picture from this pile of shots I'm slowly organizing. >> >>http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardins/ >> >>This, like many of these pictures, was taken from a moving bus with >> >> >the > > >>FA 20-35. I set everything on the DS to manual and it worked pretty >>well. I straightened the horizon a bit, resized and used unsharp >> >> >mask > > >>but otherwise unchanged. I've tried various croppings but just >> >> >couldn't > > >>decide. >> >>The title, of course, is a classic <g>. >> >>Steve >> >> >> >> >> >Hmmm I find the appearnace on my screen is a bit too light - nice >capture but , um, that long slender >twig on the left is drawing my eye away... maybe this is less >troublesome to someone with better >eyesight.... otoh I hate removing stuff like that in photoshop - not >from the technical stand point but >from my reluctance to manipulate photos > >It is where the twig intersects with the dirt behind it that it leaps >out.... > >hope this is helpful > >ann > > > > -- 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.

