Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/30

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Subject: [Leica] Sidewalk washer (how to crop?)
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Mon Jan 30 00:10:12 2006
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20060129215421.00bdd520@mail.2alpha.com>

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
>
>
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Alastair


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