[Leica] using my M6HM (on elvis)

["Dan S" <dstate1@hotmail.com>]

You are standing on the banks of a river holding a camera with a 35mm lens.  
On the opposite bank you  notice that Elvis Presley is picnicking with 
Adolph Hitler.  Both are naked.

Do you shot and crop later or just pass on the shot because you don't 
believe in cropping?

Dan


>
> >Cropping isn't for street shooting. Cropping is for people who
> >forget to frame properly, which is to say it's basically a
> >crutch....
>
>I don't belong to the purist camp of "never crop anything" even for street
>shooting. To my way of thinking, I'm looking for a pleasing or expressive
>picture. If a full frame photograph achieves my goal, so much the better,
>otherwise I'll crop to achieve what I think is the right balance in the
>picture. There are many occasions where what I feel is the right
>perspective for my subject does not coincide with what lens I have with
>me, where I can situate myself to frame it, etc. Cropping is an essential
>tool of the photographic craftsman and should not be relegated to a status
>as crutch.
>>
>

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