Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter: To me #14 - full frame - is clearly better: 1. cropped as you have, the image looks chopped off at the top, i.e. there is not breathing space around the three figures (is Jim Lager one of them?) and 2. the hotel canopy places the photo geographically which I think is a benefit. I'm going to reply to the images of your dad more fully when I have a bit more time; his history is weirdly reminiscent of my own father's. One never fully absorbs the loss of a beloved parent. I hope and pray that time may ease for you the pain of his going. Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Klein" <pklein@2alpha.net> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 1:10 AM Subject: [Leica] Sidewalk washer (how to crop?) >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 >