Originally Posted by
Andreas Liedmann
Hi Artie , thanks for your comment and your RP .
The crop that you made , well had something similar in my mind during the processing .... but went the traditional route . Personally I do not like to crop more than 30 - 40 % of FF . So your crop would be roughly around 50% of FF , albeit IQ might have held up in this case .
Understand your view about the perch ... but for me the perch is not that important , in most cases . Just a different POV on my side .
Second I am ok with the OP background , do not see a real benefit to smooth out some " cloudiness " or tonal variations . Matter of taste ....
If the the BG would smooth by nature ... I would leave that way .
Thanks again , Andreas