Roger, I like 3X2. I want the bird back in the frame, more to our left. If I crop out the ibis the bird has less room to fly into the frame, and in fact, is more in the center. Just where I do not want it.

There is no illusion involved. I moved the bird back in the frame….

I would strongly recommend that you get the two book combo and studying the Composition chapter in ABP and Advanced Composition chapter in ABP II as it seems that you are unaware of the basic principles involved.

Would you please expand a bit on your response. My question has two parts. The first is the question of why not crop the unwanted bird from the frame. The “dead space” created by your PhotoShop solution doesn’t add much to the image IMO unless you wanted to retain the original 2×3 size.

The second question involved the illusion of moving the bird back in the frame since the space at the right would be reduced by cropping.

I’m learning and would appreciate you thoughts.