Thanks Guys
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I take the consensus point about the technical/zoological quality of the side-on view and agree that this approach does lack interest (is boring). Your point about eye contact is a good one Nick - I hadn't considered that and it does make sense.
As I said in my original post, up till now I've generally tended to ignore/sacrifice artistic considerations in favour of all over focus (well as far as possible) and sharpness. However I'm encouraged by your positive comments about the second image (approach) and plan to include a lot more of this style of image in the future. It's remarkably easy to get locked into a particular way of doing things and (knowing myself) I suspect I'm going to have to work at changing my thinking about the need for all over sharpness.
Thanks for posting examples of your own work Nick (excellent quality as always) and good examples of the different approaches.
Your points succinctly made as usual Jason - Thanks
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Markulous - I appreciate your comments and hope to see some of your work in the WAB
Gallery soon.
Bruce