What Bird Is That Forum

I've forgotten what we called this on the old site. It's intended for requests for comments on editing results - 'before and after', etc.

How would you crop this? I can forward the .JPG if requested Thanks!

I don't crop, so I wouldn't

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Charlie Spencer wrote: Fri Jan 09, 2026 2:15 pm I've forgotten what we called this on the old site. It's intended for requests for comments on editing results - 'before and after', etc.

How would you crop this? I can forward the .JPG if requested Thanks!

Unlike Kevin, I would crop the image so the eagle is more to the right, unsure if I'd go upper right or lower right though. Send me the original sized photo and I'll share my crop ideas, once I figure out what they are.

Agree with @lonestranger, crop it and add contrast

I’d crop it so that the eagle is on the right side of the photo, and the leaves are acting as a frame on the top.

I played around with tighter/looser crops, but I think this is the crop I would go with. I also ran Auto Tone in my photo editor(Lightroom) and then slid the Contrast slider from -25 to +10 while leaving the Highlights, Shadows, Whites, and Blacks at the Auto Tone levels, I then added +10 Sharpness. This was cropped from 5472x3648 to 2391x1594 pixels and then resized to 1200x800 before uploading.


This looser crop was a real close second, but didn't get the same Auto Tone adjustments or Sharpening the tight crop did. Cropped from 5472x3648 to 3232x2155 pixels and then resized to 1200x800 before uploading.

Using the 'Place Inline" option in the Attachment box after Adding files seems to get rid of the Attachment border that surrounds some of the attached photos. Just place/click the cursor where you want the image to appear before clicking the Place Inline button. Slowly stumbling my way through the new site's subtleties so forgive me if I mention observations that may seem obvious to others.

Ha! Your first one looks within a few pixels of my first effort (2000x1500). I don't know about going out further; I don't want to lose the eye details.

Thanks!

Charlie Spencer wrote: Sat Jan 10, 2026 6:41 pm Ha! Your first one looks within a few pixels of my first effort (2000x1500). I don't know about going out further; I don't want to lose the eye details.

Thanks!

You know what they say, Great minds think like fools, or something like that.

Not wanting to ruin the flow of our relationship, but it has to be said, I really like that photo and how you cropped/processed it.