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

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Subject: [Leica] Slightly OT: To Crop Or Not
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri Feb 9 18:33:57 2007
References: <bee.e1a276b.32fe78d0@aol.com>

I say do what you must to achieve your vision...
Cheers
Jayanand

On 2/10/07, SonC@aol.com <SonC@aol.com> wrote:
>
> I don't get the idea that you are frozen in time at the moment of exposure
> with whatever camera or lens is mounted there.  It is clear that people
> who
> have an aversion to cropping never had a photo editor attack
> their  pictures.
>
> When we take a picture we are engaging in an advanced form of  pointing.
>
> If what you see is distant, and you have only a 35 mm lens on your leica;
> then if you fail to crop, you fail to show what you have seen.  Simple
> as  that.
> If you consider that your photography is communication, and you  don't let
> someone see what you want them to see, then you might as well not
> have  made
> the picture.
>
> Regards,
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> Oldest continuous  settlement in La Louisiane
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>
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