Thanks for the comments Bob. Will try your suggestion on "fattening up" my statue. Scott > From: Bob Talbot <BobTalbot@st-abbs.fsnet.co.uk> > Organization: Dis > Reply-To: photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu > Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:09:17 +0100 > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> > Subject: Re: Gallery Review: 2003-10-11 > >>> I'd be tempted to cheat in PS and widen it by 10-20% relative to > the >>> height: Scott might feel that was missing the point completely but >>> there you go. >> >> Bob, why do want to do that? > To make a better (IMO) picture? > > I tried a few "width enhancements" in PS. > > Increasing the image you showed (280 pixels wide) to 325 or even 350 > pixels wide just seemed to produce a more balanced result. As > initially shown it seemed a bit too "narrow" for mya tastes. Maybe > that was linked to the very tight cropping around the statue, door top > and door side. > > > >> Nobody likes fat statues! Over here obesity >> is a big issue, and we have to set examples. > Nothing wrong with fat people, unless they try to sit next to you on > the bus ;o) > > >>> It would have been a very different picture with the head to the > left >>> of the door looking across it: as it is looking out of the picture > it >>> creates a little bit of interesting tension. >> Had considered that, but found that my crane operator's license had > expired. > > I was more thinking of taking three paces to the right ;o) > Actually though: I prefer it as taken. "Looking across" the picture > would be more conventional - thus a bit booring. > > Bob >
