Re: Where do we draw the line?

"PinkFloyd43" <pinkFloyd43@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Dudley Hanks wrote:
>> Crop lines, that is...
>>
>> http://www.geocities.com/hanks.dudley/Dima.html
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dudley
>>
>>
> Is the subject the dog or the tree, you want the
> subject to be what everyone looks at within the
> photo, also don't center stuff, personal thing
> that although sometimes works most of the time
> does not!

When you shoot a picture with only 2% of normal vision, you are just happy

to get the subject in the shot.  Trust me, I've had many images much worse

than this one.

Besides, with programs like photoshop out there, a lot can be done with an

image like this.

One of the photographers who frequents this group asked me if he could use

the original to play with, and he sent me a niceley cropped portrait he 
coaxed out of about a third of the image.  He up-sized it, sharpened it up
a 
bit, did a bit of other magic, and I've got a beautiful portrait to hang
on 
my wall.  He truly did a masterful job.

I'm hoping he won't mind if I post his finished work, but I don't want to
do 
it without his permission.

On the flip side, if I post the cropping, I'll have to apologize to
Douglas, 
Paul and a couple others who told me the shot would look better tightly 
cropped, but to whom I wouldn't listen.  I had wanted the trees in as a 
symbol of Dima's love of the outdoors, but, when my wife saw the 
Photoshopped, tightly cropped portrait oriented shot of Dima, she fell in 
love with it.  I trust her taste, so, when she says it will match the shot
I 
have of my first guide, Bonner on the beach, I'll have to bow to the 
overwhelming tide of opinion.

Take Care,
Dudley