[Leica] Re: PAW: Phx's 8th - Alt is now cropped - Ric

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

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.