On Sun, 11 May 2008 17:28:13 +0100, "Focus" <focus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>"Bob G" <bobjames27@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> I think you have to decide if you are photographing an animal or a
>> nature scene. If you are presenting a picture of the animal, then
>> crop to animal. The backgrounds in most of the shots don't add to the
>> image. There are some shots where the background does contribute, but
>> some that need cropping.
>>
>> --
>> Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
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>> Completely disagree. I went to the web site expecing to find run-of-
>> the-mill, boring, done-a-million-times-before, pictures of wildlife
>> and instead found some very appealing photographs, more like
>> abstractions that work very well than like straight shots of "pretty"
>> scenes. The backgrounds form an integral part of the harmony. This
>> photographer has a distinct way of seeing and I would like to
>> encourage him in his work.
>
>Thanks Bob.
>The intention was to show the real "wild" life, not just an animal that
>could be sitting in the zoo.
>They were taken in a sanctuary that used to be the hunting grounds for
the
>****tuguese kings. We walked for miles until we finally found this place.
>There's something magical about seeing eye to eye with wild animals
without
>gates or anything else between you and them.
You sound a bit defensive here. When you ask for a critique, then be
prepared for a critique. I don't make comments like "those are crap
photos" like I see in the Rita/Annika threads. If I make a comment,
it's in response to a post that asks for a critique and the comment
will offer a reason of why I'm making it.
A photograph is a composition. If the background doesn't add to the
composition, then crop. If the background is part and parcel to the
composition, then don't crop. Leaving it in where it should be
cropped doesn't make it any more "real". It just makes it more
"busy". Never cropping because you don't want the animal to look like
it was in a zoo ignores that the animal - in whatever setting - can be
the focus of a good composition.
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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
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