Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guy Thanks. I just spent time over the weekend in my darkroom. I printed 7 different negatives. Spent at least an hour on each and several hours of time on a couple. They were all 35mm. I don't think that cropping improved a single image. I showed both full frame and cropped images to a few people. Without exception they liked the full frame shots the best. Initially, I thought I had improved on a couple by cropping. But the feedback the people gave me was that the uncropped images looked more natural. I think one person said, "This one just looks more real." The images were taken during some festivities. The people that I showed the prints to, and that made the comments, were people who were in the photographs. I think there are times when cropping can definately change the look of an image. Again, I'm not saying it's bad. But especially after my weekend of printing, I'm sold that full frame printing is a most desirable goal. Now every time I crop in Photoshop I'm going to be asking myself, "Is this really an improvement." I don't think I can make that decision in an instant. Maybe if I hang both (cropped and uncropped) side by side in plain sight for a month I'd have a better idea. Aside from that, I think I need to trust my initial instinct -- meaning what I saw in the viewfinder. Dave - -----Original Message----- From: Guy Bennett [mailto:gbennett@lainet.com] Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 3:02 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Cropping and the whole damn thing [was: Digital cropp ing] Dave, A good post!