Jane Pittenger @jgpittenger commented that she thought the original shot - https://365project.org/taffy/365/2022-02-07 - would look better without the fourth bird to the far left. The more I looked at the image, the more I thought her advice was right on target. In PS, I removed the left hand bird. Then I noticed the birds in the original image were a bit darker and muddier than made sense for a high key shot. This is the result of the cropping and re-editing. Thanks Jane for your advice!
@jgpittenger I think you were right. Well advised to crop out the fourth bird - feels more balanced this way. AND, once that bird was gone, I paid more attention to the b&w processing and think this is also an improvement. What do you think?
At first I thought one of the tightrope walkers had fallen off the wire. But then I calmed down when I read your text.
Anyway, odd numbers usually work better.
Anyway, odd numbers usually work better.