Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug Herr asked: >> for the Merlin photo, what do you think of an alternate crop: crop up from the bottom to hide the mussed-up feathers(evidence of human handling) and crop a bit less from the left side to make the photo 8x10 proportions?<<<< >> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/falconidae/merl03.jpg Doug, I assume the light grey looking feathers at the lower right corner? A suggestion? Have a look at coming in on the right side to just eliminate them and yet still be able to see a very small "white spot" on the birds upper right back? Right on the top edge of it's shoulder? Doesn't this get rid of the ruffled feathers and give you a close to 8X10 cropping? ted