[Leica] Slightly OT: To Crop Or Not

[darkbulb at gmail.com (R S)]

I don't think anyone before now has mentioned 'respect' before now so I am
not sure how that popped up.

I've simply stated that personally I have found that I do place some value
or merits on a photography that was taken with tools that were fitting to
the final composition. To extrapolate that to the below is not something
that at least I would want to do.

Bottom line, for me, is that if I still have two equal-looking photos in
front of me there is tendency within me to 'prefer' the photo that was
cropped in a viewfinder using a tool (camera/lens) that was fitting to that
scene.

I have myself taken photos and cropped them to a panoramic format and I
don't think there is anything wrong with that - but I also know that I would
like that final photo more if I had taken it and not cropped it in
post-processing. Silly? Maybe. It comes down to how much the process matters
to you - and WHAT process. I am sure there are people out there that are
more impressed by the completely opposite - coming to a scene with a tool
that is not the best suited for it but in post processing being able to turn
it around and make a beautiful photo. Diversity and difference of opinions
is never bad.

/R

On 2/9/07, Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> If you're saying that a panoramic photo is best taken with a
> panoramic camera, I can certainly agree with that.
>
> If you're saying that a person who doesn't own a panoramic camera
> shouldn't take a panoramic composition or deserves less respect for
> the image, I'd say that's silly.
>
> There's also something about previsualization before you pick up the
> camera.
>
> Ric
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 9, 2007, at 7:19 PM, R S wrote:
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> > There is something
> > about the pre-visualization IN camera and equipment instead of
> > later at the
> > screen that I personally prefer.
>
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