Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]the tighter the better with this image I think On 30/01/2006, at 17:10, Peter Klein wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Alastair