Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 3/6/2005 11:07:59 A.M. Central Standard Time, chandos@cox.net writes: >>On the contrary, I view it as the height of laziness to 'discover' the >>image in the darkroom or on the monitor. Chandos, I think you misread what I said about laziness. I said: "It is just laziness to not try to make your picture all it can be." If, once you've tripped the shuuter, the picture is as good as it can be, then OK. It has happened to me a few times, but more often than not, I've needed to crop some, or dodge here or burn there. The way I work, often the picture jumps out in front of me and I have to try and capture it before the essence of what I see goes away. So, let's say just in front of the main element there's a white piece of litter. Distracting as hell, but when I was shooting, I thought it important to lay that image down. I would not walk up to my intended subject and pick up the litter. I would have lost the shot. God gave me a clone tool in PhotoShop, and I use his gifts. I wrote the original message just before I went to church this morning. In the Episcopal Church, during lent, one of the first things we do is recite the ten commandments. I noticed that not one of the ten said anything about cropping. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish