Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I got the second roll of film from the LHSA San Francisco meeting back a couple of weeks ago. I really like this picture, and am of two minds about how to crop it. It was a grab shot on the street with a 35mm Summicron. You may recognize the rear ends of three well-known LHSA members in the background. :-) I find the tighter crop funnier, and the looser crop a showing a bit more context. Can't decide which is "better." Almost every non-photographer I've asked is just as torn as I am, with a slight preference for the looser crop. Here's the original frame, no cropping: http://gallery.leica-users.org/album186/E007HoseFullFrame Here's the looser crop: http://gallery.leica-users.org/album186/E007HoseCropLoose And the tighter crop: http://gallery.leica-users.org/album186/E007HoseCropTight Whatcha think? M6TTL, 35mm Summicron, and Neopan 400. Low-res scan from Ivey, a local pro-lab. I'll probably rescan this myself to print it eventually. I cropped to the proportions of 8.5 x 11 inches, 'cause that's my normal big-print size, but I'm not religiously wedded to those proportions. --Peter