Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/24

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Subject: [Leica] Creek: crop or not
From: leicar at q.com (Aram Langhans)
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 07:40:52 -0800
References: <mailman.835.1290575163.88697.lug@leica-users.org>

I say crop.  If you had taken the shot at a lower angle so the foreground 
was a dominant feature in the composition, I would say leave it in, but from 
the angle you took it as, it is not a critical element, and the crop cleans 
it up a bit and tightens your focus on the main element.

Aram

>> From: Alastair Firkin <afirkin at afirkin.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 03:47:12 -0500
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: [Leica] Creek: crop or not
>>
>> This is a long exposure of a small creek: there was not much time to pull
>> out the tripod ;-) Should I crop it or leave it full frame.
>>
>> Taken with the M9 and the 16mm on the WATE.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/28tpulg
>>
>> cropped:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/27lesxr
>>
>> Cheers, enough for tonight
>>
>> Alastair