Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Liam, I confess - I crop. I do it daily. One of the first thing I do when I look at my photos, (and others too!) is to see if a crop improves the image. When I take the pictures, I do the best I can to compose in the viewfinder. When I get home, I crop as necessary to get the best images out of the negatives or digital files. By the way, you got quick reaction ! http://www.leica-gallery.net/getcloser/image-54392.html And I did try to crop, but could not improve the image. Cheers, - - Phong > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Liam > Maloney > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 2:30 PM > To: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] to crop or not to crop > > > I confess - I hate cropping my photos. In fact, I > almost never do it. I know, I know, I'll never make it > as a photographer if I don't crop - I just don't like > doing it. I have this idea that cropping somehow takes > away from the purity of the moment I captured in the > viewfinder. More sensible people would look at my work > and find a way to crop (and improve)every single image > in my portfolio. But I argue that a good photographer > learns to get better by printing full frame. > > Anyone else feel this way? > > FWIW, I haven't decided which version of Steve's ICU > photo I like better. Full frame as a part of a picture > story, cropped as a single image, I think. Nice work. > > -Liam > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com > -- > 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