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Subject: [Leica] was Multiple Bodies, now cropping-phooey!
From: bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Sun Mar 6 12:58:53 2005

Yes, Sonny, there are many fish that should have been filleted before
being hung out to dry for the LUG to see; and there are many photographs
posted for all to see that should never have seen the light of day in
the first place.;-)

Obviously, we view the process differently - my view being that the GOAL
(as I have stated several times now)is to get it right the first time;
yours being that all that matters is how it looks in the end. My view of
that is that what one is then doing is not photographing per se, but
grabbing elements with a camera to later try to turn them into something
in the darkroom. But to each his own. And if that's what you're doing -
and I really doubt that it is - you're certainly getting wonderful
results doing it. :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
SonC@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 11:06 AM
To: lug@leica-users.org
Subject: [Leica] was Multiple Bodies, now cropping-phooey!


In a message dated 3/6/2005 8:59:55 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
bdcolen@earthlink.net writes:
Yes, it's true that many a shot ultimate  requires cropping, but I
personally take having to crop as at least a partial  failure on my part

B.D.
Since I was a fisherman before I was a photographer, my attitude is
that 
rarely is a fish ready to eat just after you catch it.  One must clean
it, get 
rid of that which is not tasty or digestible, and cook it lovingly and
present 
it attractively.  

Most of the time when I see a picture  posted, and I say, "this picture
could 
benefit from cropping," or "this picture  wants to be contrastier," and
the 
shooter writes back, "Oh I never crop!" or "I  never photoshop."

When I get that back, I know the person probably can't  cook, and
possibly 
thinks Campbell's Gumbo is what we eat in  Louisiana.

Phooey. I've said it before, and I'll say it again and  again,  It is
just 
laziness to not try to make your picture all it can  be.  Subscribing to
some 
silly notion that you must always follow a rule  that you made up in the
first 
place takes a horrible toll on your creativity.  


Regards, 
Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches,  Louisiana
Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane
?galit?, libert?,  crawfish



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