Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/26

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Subject: [Leica] Unusual cropping on the crumb portrait
From: KCassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy)
Date: Tue Jul 26 08:41:33 2005
 
Someone, well, actually, several someones pointed out that the crumb
portrait I posted had some unusual cropping. 

http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/paw/2005/31/2.jpg

In this full head shot taken at about the same time:

http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/paw/2005/31/crumb3.jpg

I realized there were two things that I wanted to eliminate from the frame
real-estate, firstly, that billowy puff of hair on the top of his head, and
secondly, his shirt which I found a little undistinguished.  This called for
a wide shot. And, since I'm always assuming that my photos are going to
appear in Time, Newsweek, or the other news magazine of the same caliber,
People, I decided to leave some space to the left for copy.

Hope this was useful.

Kc