Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Since the tip of the wings and feet are out of the frame, it does look somewhat unbalanced somehow... Right now, the head is almost at that magic 2/3, but perhaps slight cropping would be good. I wouldn't crop too much though, May be just the space occupied by your name currently... On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > Now that the winter rains have begun and water is available, one of the > main pools at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge is being flooded for > wintering waterfowl. The rising water level is driving terrestrial prey to > higher ground and a flock of Cattle Egrets is taking advantage of the easy > pickings (more photos to come). > > I welcome suggestions for cropping this photo: ordinarily I don't crop > skinnier than 2:3 proportions but I will if the photo news it. What say > you? Crop more from the top? > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/L1730331.jpg > > technical stuff: R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R, shoulder stock. > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>