Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Robert Meier wrote: > > The black line around the image provides something far more important than > validation that we are looking at the full frame as exposed in the camera: > that black line can be a very important compositional element, holding > together the different areas of the image and providing a definite edge for > light tone areas that bleed to the edge of the print. > > Robert Meier > Assoc. Professor, English > The University of Wisconsin-Stout Like a big light sky so your image doesn't fall off the top. It also mandates more respect for your cropping/noncropping. Might make them think twice before mercilessly and/or arbitrarily chopping down your picture to the face in the middle. Mark Rabiner