Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you care about the most perfect result imagewise, do not hesitiate to crop, rework perspective, dodge, burn, tint, clone, erase, add, ... If you're into the zen thing of getting it all right from the first time on, don't. It's just a different mental state. Do bear in mind though that most viewers do not think: is this all of the negative I'm seeing or not? They just react on what they see. Unless you want to include a manual with every image you made. And then the question rises: is it a good image when it needs explanation? Philippe Op 9-feb-07, om 20:27 heeft R S het volgende geschreven: > Original photo taken with a Leica M3 and Summicron 50/2 so slightly > 'on' > topic. > After posting a cropping question on photo.net I asked myself 'when is > cropping ok'? > Who determines if there is a line to cross and in what circumstances > (editorial vs personal appreciation of a photo). > I summed up my ramblings here: > http://silfver.blogspot.com/2007/02/to-crop-or-not.html > and would be interested in others thoughts. > > Does the process matter - or is it just the final image that matters? > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >