Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm with you, Liam. Maybe that's because I've never done darkroom work. For me, the photographic process ends when I take the film out of the camera. After that, Robert the Lab Guy takes over. I've always thought that a "no crop" policy forces one get it right the first time. I have to admit, I'll crop if necessary, but rarely do it. It's a metaphysical thing. <g> cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer >From: "Liam Maloney" <kine_scope@yahoo.com> >To: <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 1:29 PM >Subject: [Leica] to crop or not to crop > > > > I confess - I hate cropping my photos. In fact, I > > almost never do it. I know, I know, I'll never make it > > as a photographer if I don't crop - I just don't like > > doing it. I have this idea that cropping somehow takes > > away from the purity of the moment I captured in the > > viewfinder. More sensible people would look at my work > > and find a way to crop (and improve)every single image > > in my portfolio. But I argue that a good photographer > > learns to get better by printing full frame. > > > > Anyone else feel this way? > > > > FWIW, I haven't decided which version of Steve's ICU > > photo I like better. Full frame as a part of a picture > > story, cropped as a single image, I think. Nice work. > > > > -Liam > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html