Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think that the most important thing in art is the freedim of every artist, no rules, everyone has his own rules. Remember W.E. Smith ?If I have not wrote the rules why shall I follow them? Lluis > El 27 maig 2024, a les 15:10, Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> va escriure: > > May I pipe up about cropping? It surely depends on your style of > shooting. I usually am most interested in the moment over the composition, > and that even goes for shooting flowers. I rarely shoot with a macro, more > often a wide to normal focal length. I almost never use a tripod, and > usually, images are made in the ?wild? without any lighting or reflectors, > etc. > > Probably my technique stems from a past life as a photojournalist. Thus, I > shoot only a few images an outing, much like I did when using film. The > upshot is that I still am pretty choosy about what I show, so I end up > often heavily cropping without shame. It all comes from the concept that I > am showing you what I see; ?Look!? or to express it in biblical terms, > ?Behold!? > > > > > Regards, > Sonny > www.SonC.Com/Look > > > > On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 5:11?AM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> Jayanand, Alan >> >> Thank you verymuch for your advices, It is true, I do not use much care >> with the images digitized with the scanner, this instrument enhances the >> smallest details of the negatives that are totally invisible in the >> enlarger when making a wet copy, which for me is what counts. A few days >> ago I had a negative with countless white dots, I immediately made a >> 9.5x12" copy in my darkroom, it turned out completely clean, so >> digitization for me is just a reference, I had stopped making a contact >> sheet and I'm going to do it again because it teaches you how the copy >> will >> turn out and also about the exposure values in relation to development. >> The >> digitized photo allows greater correctable tolerance when editing, a >> negative requires greater accuracy. Thanks anyway and I will try to take >> more care in some details such as the margins. >> >> Regarding the shot, it is difficult to reach the so-called decisive >> moment, on many occasions you have to choose whether to take the photo at >> that moment or lose the image completely, I try to preserve the image >> despite imperfections. >> >> Regarding cropping, I think it is an old discussion, in general I don't >> like to practice big cropping, only small adjustments. There is a great >> influence between what the photographer has seen when taking the image and >> what has awakened his emotion and what the viewer sees. It is very >> important to me to be as close as possible to the image initially seen, >> which is what motivated me to take the photo, and a cropped image does not >> always reflect what subjectively caught my attention. Another thing is >> different if that image It may have seemed interesting to me, it is >> actually a mistake. >> >> Thank you again for your constructive comments that raise great topics of >> discussion that it is not easy for me to follow in a language that is not >> my own and that I need to use an automatic translator. >> >> Cheers >> Lluis >> >> >>> El 27 maig 2024, a les 5:59, Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG < >> lug at leica-users.org> va escriure: >>> >>> On Mon, 27 May 2024 Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> These are nice, but a few are spoiled, IMHO, by extraneous objects >>>> intruding on the margins. I would think that either cropping the >> frame, or >>>> them and cleaning them up would work wonders, after which you >>>> can always print out a digital negative for darkroom printing. >> Airbrushing >>>> has been a staple of the photographer's toolkit since the dawn of Ansel >>>> Adams, so there is no need to wring one's hands at the faithlessness of >> it >>>> all! :-) >>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Jayanand >>> ==================================================================== >>> I totally agree. Lluis, you take wonderful pictures, but sometimes the >>> moment happens >>> before all is sorted out. One thing I stressed when I taught a continuing >>> education course >>> was (as much as possible) check the edges of the frame before tripping >> the >>> shutter, but >>> there was no shame in cropping. >>> >>> -- >>> Alan >>> >>> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer >>> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services >>> (Retired) >>> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 >>> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 >>> amagayneroshak at gmail.com >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/> >>> >>> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate >>> for an inability to notice. 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