Randy writes: "Well I am not much one for removing things from shots of Nature. Its really not Nature then anymore is it? "
I don't think cropping removes something from nature. Even a photograph of a natural scene is not really nature any more if it's meant as fine art. But we don't need to trade opinions on this any more -- it's just a continuation of Plato's shadows.
For the record, though, I also missed seeing the bird at first. It was just another blur along the stem.
-yoram
On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 9:25 AM, Randy Little <randyslittle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well I am not much one for removing things from shots of Nature. Its really not Nature then anymore is it? The branch going up is distracting but I personally am not sure its a bad thing. It makes the image something to explore. Now I might be biased since I worked on the PBS Nature episode of Humming birds but I like it. I just think the top should be darker to help bring us down from the top of the image. The sharp of the branch is like a nice path that brings use along the flowers to the nice surprise. I am guessing that this flower gets a good amount of birds which allowed you to set up and wait for this to happen.On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Emily L. Ferguson <elf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:I didn't see the bird 'til you talked about the image, Randy. Getting rid of the twist of flowers in the upper L corner would solve that problem.
On Nov 4, 2015, at 12:32 PM, Randy Little wrote:
> JIm this is what I was thinking. I just think it really puts the bird more the focus. Just my opinion. Its just burning in the top. I think if forces the viewer to the forground and the wings brightness then does the rest of getting the viewer on the bird.
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