Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't like cropping. I do it if I think it better conveys a relationship in the frame. Looking at your example the original seems strongest, the cropped versions don't strengthen the composition or the relationship between the windows and the bike. A slight crop can do it though. There is an old saying, "If you don't know where your going any road will get you there." I apply this thought to cropping. It is better to know why your aiming your camera rather then try to figure it out later. At 02:27 PM 2/9/2007, you wrote: >Original photo taken with a Leica M3 and Summicron 50/2 so slightly 'on' >topic. >After posting a cropping question on photo.net I asked myself 'when is >cropping ok'? >Who determines if there is a line to cross and in what circumstances >(editorial vs personal appreciation of a photo). >I summed up my ramblings here: >http://silfver.blogspot.com/2007/02/to-crop-or-not.html >and would be interested in others thoughts. > >Does the process matter - or is it just the final image that matters? > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018@med.cornell.edu Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049