Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peterson_Art@hq.navsea.navy.mil wrote: > > > Good images, Carl! I especially liked your Hummelstown Firemen's > Carnival and Times Square photos. (I wonder if the latter would be > even better with a little cropping on the left and right sides and at > the bottom?). Looking forward to seeing to the rest of your web site! > > Art Peterson > > Art, I probably agree vis á vis cropping but one of my goals/exercises/intents is to get my seeing and composing as close to the moment as possible. So one of the disciplines I impose on myself is not to crop other than in the viewfinder. Kind of a zen thing of pursuing awareness (which in itself is an oxymoronic statement). I thought the content strong enough in this to overcome my framing limitations. Also, since it was shot at 1/15 at f2.0 real quickly there's just the barest hint of soft focus that would go to pieces if I crop and enlarge any more. Carl Socolow