When mentors give advice it pays to try it. Grasshopper x2

[JBW]

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Brian,

The prominent sweeping leaf on the left complicates my original suggested crop (in the original thread) though. This has more on our left than I had envisaged, but I can see why you have included it, I also like to place strong diagonal elements in to a corner when possible, as you have here.

If the shot were mine, I'd still take a few more pixels off the lower edge though (and brighten it a bit).

HTH, Dave

[JBW]

Hi Brian,

The prominent sweeping leaf on the left complicates my original suggested crop (in the original thread) though. This has more on our left than I had envisaged, but I can see why you have included it, I also like to place strong diagonal elements in to a corner when possible, as you have here.

If the shot were mine, I'd still take a few more pixels off the lower edge though (and brighten it a bit).

HTH, Dave

I did brighten it! Okay not the entire shot but the three paler green leaves. Taking a wee bit more off the bottom could work but it would start to eat away the fifths and thirds