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Subject: [Leica] My 6 weekly pictures
From: amagayneroshak at gmail.com (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 22:59:44 -0500

 On Mon, 27 May 2024 Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote:

>These are nice, but a few are spoiled, IMHO, by extraneous objects
>intruding on the margins. I would think that  either cropping the frame, or
>them and cleaning them up would work wonders, after which you
>can always print out a digital negative for darkroom printing. Airbrushing
>has been a staple of the photographer's toolkit since the dawn of Ansel
>Adams, so there is no need to wring one's hands at the faithlessness of it
>all! :-)

>Cheers
>Jayanand
====================================================================
I totally agree.  Lluis, you take wonderful pictures, but sometimes the
moment happens
before all is sorted out. One thing I stressed when I taught a continuing
education course
was (as much as possible) check the edges of the frame before tripping the
shutter, but
there was no shame in cropping.

-- 
Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
amagayneroshak at gmail.com
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/>

"All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
 for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt


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