Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/09

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Subject: [Leica] Slightly OT: To Crop Or Not
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Fri Feb 9 18:26:54 2007
References: <cb81b0b00702091127waa3fe70oe776030e9a8fb524@mail.gmail.com>

> Original photo taken with a Leica M3 and Summicron 50/2 so slightly 'on'
> topic.
> After posting a cropping question on photo.net I asked myself 'when is
> cropping ok'?
> Who determines if there is a line to cross and in what circumstances
> (editorial vs personal appreciation of a photo).
> I summed up my ramblings here:
> http://silfver.blogspot.com/2007/02/to-crop-or-not.html
> and would be interested in others thoughts.

I say crop to your hearts content. I often take images planning to crop
them. Rangefinder images with a fixed lens often need a bit of a tidy up
to remove unwanted but included stuff. If Leica did not want us to crop,
the V35 would have fixed heights!!!!

Cheers

Alastair


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