Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David, one thing you can do is make yourself a couple of cardboard L's, and take some workprints, and use the L's to see various ways to crop a print. Before Photoshop, I would take a white wax pencil, and draw my final crop. Finally, I got brave, and when I wanted to crop a print, I'd just take scissors to it. Some people call the "shot negative" sacrosanct, and no more can be done to it. (zip up flame suit) PHOOEY! It's yer damn picture. Finish it the way you want. Show the instructor what it takes to get the grade, then make the picture yours. Just my zwei pfennigs. (oh yeah, they don't use them anymore.) Sonny http://www.sonc.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Degner" <leicanews@myrealbox.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Giving the Leicas a floggin' > Rob > > Lately I have been reading a book on typography and it talks about some > different aspect ratios that are more pleasing to the eye than others. I > was wondering if you had any loose rules that you followed. You answered > my question thanks. I would experiment more with my cropping but this > semester we are using slides and the teacher is insistent that we show the > full frame. But Ill try it on some of my personal stuff. > > David Degner > > At 03:53 PM 4/10/2003 +1000, you wrote: > >Jerry > > > >I don't hold it against anyone if they question my, or anyone else's cropping. > >In this case I think David may have thought I use a Hasselblad Xpan or > >something > >similar. I wish!! Recently I tried one belonging to a friend of mine. > >Beautiful > >camera. I would buy one, but I have higher priorities. If I need a higher > >quality pano I can always shoot some overlapping frames and stitch. > > > >Cropping is a very personal thing. I used to be of that school that > >printed full > >frame to show the border. That was to prove that I did not crop! Now I > >will if > >I have to, crop the sides or top of an image to make the composition more > >pleasing. This is a crop from a 35mm image but in my opinion it looks > >better as > >a square, a la Hasselblad. > >http://www.leica-gallery.net/heymanphoto/image-43209.html > >There was nothing at the bottom of the frame that could not be removed. I > >think > >I now believe in the surgeon's motto. "If in doubt, cut it out!!" Some > >may say > >that the subject in now too central. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. > > > >Now that I read David's message again, I think I misunderstood the question. > >David, do you mean the ratio of top to sides? If so, I'm afraid I never give > >that a thought. I just chop it off till it looks right. There is no > >measurement > >involved, but 3:2 and 1:2 sound like good numbers for general purpose. > > > >Jerry Lehrer wrote: > > > > > I am really surprised at the naivety of David Degner. Where did > > > he develop his rigid thinking to question your cropping? > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > Rob Heyman wrote: > > > > > > > Nothing fancy David, I just crop off the top and bottom. > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > David Degner wrote: > > > > > > > > > Rob, > > > > > > > > > > What is the super wide aspect ratio that you print at? It always seems > > > > > pleasing and gives a little relief from the norm. > > > > > > > > > > David Degner > > > > > > > > > > At 10:51 PM 4/8/2003 +1000, you wrote: > > > > > >Last Sunday I had the pleasure of photographing a young lady and her > > > > > >baby just after a rainstorm and the sky was just beautiful! Some > > of the > > > > > >proofs are posted here. > > > > > > > > > > > >http://www.leica-gallery.net/heymanphoto/folder-4411.html > > > > > > > > > > > >Rob > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > > >__________________________________ > > > > > >Rob Heyman Photography > > > > > >32 Binyara Street > > > > > >CHAPEL HILL Qld 4069 > > > > > >Ph 07 3878 3884 fax 07 3378 6639 > > > > > >__________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > > >To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > -- > > > > __________________________________ > > > > Rob Heyman Photography > > > > 32 Binyara Street > > > > CHAPEL HILL Qld 4069 > > > > Ph 07 3878 3884 fax 07 3378 6639 > > > > __________________________________ > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > >-- > >__________________________________ > >Rob Heyman Photography > >32 Binyara Street > >CHAPEL HILL Qld 4069 > >Ph 07 3878 3884 fax 07 3378 6639 > >__________________________________ > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html