Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/26

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] Re: PAW: Phx's 8th - Alt is now cropped - Ric
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Tue Feb 26 15:03:06 2008
References: <0JWU00JIQV41MD30@l-daemon>

Agree with Ted. The cropping isn't about ratios, it's about cutting  
off everything that doesn't help the image.

Just make pretend you shot it on an x-pan;^)

ric


On Feb 26, 2008, at 11:57 AM, Ted Grant wrote:

> I suppose you could come up from the bottom and crop all the bright  
> grass
> off completely. And you'll be very close to what I'm explaining.
>
> I realize others will disagree, however I've come back to this  
> photograph a
> dozen times or more since you posted, taken a piece of cropping card  
> and
> held it to the screen and each time, the grass goes!  And the  
> picture works
> far better.
>
> Your choice mon ami.


Replies: Reply from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] Re: PAW: Phx's 8th - Alt is now cropped - Ric)
In reply to: Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] Re: PAW: Phx's 8th - Alt is now cropped - Ric)