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    Brendan Dozier
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    Default Another busy day at the beach...

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    Overcast morning, ACR, CS5, crop, cloned out seals on rt, some seaweed & spots on seal, lightened open eye, added some saturation.

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    Overall, nice work. I might be tempted to crop a lot off of left side to put more emphasis on flippers and head.
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    I love it - made me smile! I second Tom's suggestion.

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    That's a funny image. .love that you are at the same angle.

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    Love the thinking man's pose here Dumay! Great low angle with fine detail.
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    Thanks, Tom, Ofer, Cheryl, & Marc, appreciate your comments & suggestions.

    I went back and forth between the two crops last night, I think taking off the left does emphasize the scratching pose better, but I also liked the longer pano because it seemed to give a more lounging look to the seal.

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    I like the repost but will crop off the bottom to get rid of the oof seaweed that don't add to this image IMHO - it will aslo help in getting a more 2:3 ratio.

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    The repost is much better, for me at least.

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    and yet another excellent image Brendon
    TFS

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    Brilliant image , Brendon . Like the repost .

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    Brendan - I prefer the repost but maybe with a tad more room on the rhs if you have it. Great pov, detail and pose.

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    Hi Brendan, nice chuckle to this, occasionally it's nice to have a bit of humour to an image.

    The repost is better and I guess there are many variables on cropping this. Personally I would keep the edges clean (straight) with no vignetting and if you were to lose a bit off the foot of the image I might just take it to the seaweed as there is an imaginary horizontal line already there, anything more perhaps would be too tight. Also if you felt the urge I might just remove the OOF seaweed in the BKG above and just have a clean top half.

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    You seem to have had fun with the seals Brendan. Like the colours and texture of the wet fur. The expression is nicely captured and says it all and I feel the seaweed adds to the image.

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    Super low angle and pose here Brendan! They sure gave you some good images...

    I think the ideal crop for me is somewhere between OP and RP...
    I second Steve's suggestion to crop from the bottom somewhat and to lose the vignette.
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    Nice low angle and eye contact. Like the sand on the seal as well. Adds some nice texture to the image.

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    Thanks folks, much appreciated! It's laughable how much time I obsessed over this image and how to crop it. Want you to know that I considered just about all the suggestions as I was working on it. Most of the time, I think simplifying the image is usually the way to go, but sometimes I try to push myself to try different approaches I might not normally do. I do appreciate everyone's feedback, and am learning a lot from you.

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    Neat pose Brendan. I actually prefer the OP. I like the sand on the belly and how it leads to the fin and I also like the bit of color provided by the seaweed.

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