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Subject: Re: [Leica] asking cropping advice
From: Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:46:17 -0500
References: <004e01c3ae7b$d5603b90$388a8418@symkeehx5nw8g8> <002201c3aecf$e8e08f40$87d86c18@gv.shawcable.net> <00a001c3aedc$7c097aa0$388a8418@symkeehx5nw8g8>

C'mon Simon... don't bouday... no pouting!

Just get back out there shooting pictures. For most people it means 
taking hundreds or thousands of photos before you find your "eye".

Jim - http://www.hemenway.com



animal wrote:
>> > > Hello,
>>
>>>>I cut out this
>>>>http://www.leica-gallery.net/apekop/image-56489.html
>>>>from this one
>>>>http://www.leica-gallery.net/apekop/image-56517.html
>>>>allthough i dont like it i cant get it any better?
>>>>Apart from throwing away both,would any of you help out with a better
>>>
>>>solution?<<<<<<
>>
>>Hi Simon,
>>How would I treat this if it were my shot. Dump it!!!!!!  Why?
>>
>>Well when you "have to work" to find an image fit to print, 99.9999% of
> 
> the
> 
>>time there isn't anything there to start with. It's the same as looking
> 
> for
> 
>>pictures and all you are doing is knocking yourself out recording nada for
>>any number reasons. Usually nothing hits you between the eyes as in....
>>"WOW! Look at that! Click" Good one in the can.
>>
>>Looking at this frame there isn't anything there simply because that's
> 
> what
> 
>>happens sometimes.
>>
>>You didn't hold the camera straight to start off with tilting the
>>background, the guy walking by is just walking by with nothing of interest
>>or anything about why he's in the frame. Almost like he walked into your
>>frame as you tripped the shutter. Right? And I'd bet a shilling that's
>>exactly what happened.
>>
>>Save yourself a lot of time fussing and fiddling trying to make a silk
>>purse, out of road kill!. ;-)
>>
>>Dump it! Chalk it up to , "Oh well one of those exposures that didn't
> 
> work."
> 
>>And move on finding something better.
>>
>>ted
>>
> 
> Thanks for the advice.
> Maybe i should stop uploading and switch to the political discussions.
> simon
> 


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