The insulator on the power pole that the bird took off from was still visible at lower left so I removed it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n
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This is the image before I removed the insulator and wire (it includes the added canvas).<\/p>\n
To be honest I don’t know which version I prefer. In the first version his takeoff posture suggests the presence of a perch that isn’t there but on the other hand I sure don’t like insulators and wires in my images. Since I don’t like to do this kind of image manipulation and I can’t decide which version I prefer anyway I probably should have just left the insulator in the photo and let it go at that. But I’m curious about what others might\u00a0think so I’ve presented both versions.<\/p>\n
When it comes to image manipulation I believe that full disclosure is always the best (and the only honest)\u00a0policy.<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n
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