NEW - Ken Gilbert
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LOSE THE COLOR<br />
Kim Bennett<br />
Climax, SK, Canada<br />
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The problem: The classic<br />
big, full moon shot, with an owl<br />
silhouetted in front, makes for a<br />
bold graphic statement. But as<br />
soon as we brought up the image<br />
on our computer screen, the<br />
Centered Subject Police barged in<br />
and issued a summons.<br />
What now: We cropped in to<br />
move the owl off-center, which<br />
places it just about where the Rule<br />
of Thirds says it should go. See<br />
how this makes the composition<br />
immediately more dynamic by<br />
removing the static space around<br />
the subject? The tighter crop has<br />
the added advantage of making<br />
the moon and the owl bigger<br />
relative to the frame. While we were<br />
looking at the cropped version, we<br />
also thought: (1) the odd color cast in<br />
the shadow areas doesn’t do anything<br />
for the picture; and (2) the image<br />
is essentially monochrome to begin<br />
with. So we used the black-and-white<br />
conversion tool in Photoshop CS4<br />
to knock out the color. Using Levels,<br />
we brightened the exposure just<br />
enough to bring out a little detail<br />
in the post, which added a bit more<br />
interest to the composition.<br />
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