--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Most of the time I try very hard to compose exactly > what I want > in the viewfinder, but a) I'm sometimes unable to do > so because > of not being able to change my location quickly > enough or not > having quite as long a lens as I needed at that > moment, and b) > sometimes when I get the film developed I change my > mind about > what the framing should be. And as I get more picky > about my > work (and start remembering that cropping is one of > the available > tools), (b) happens more often. > > When I put an image on a web page, I nearly always > crop, trying > to get the Important Part of the image into as few > bytes as > possible, but that's probably not relevant here > because that > sort of trimming doesn't affect the required pixel > count as much > as making an 8x10 print would. > -- Glenn > __________________________________ A:"How do you carve an Elephant"? B:"I don't know, how"? A: "You get a large block of stone, a hammer and a chisel and chip away everything that doesn't look like an Elephant".
The same goes for the final print. The "carving" starts in the viewfinder. While many denigrate zooms, even F 2.8, or even F 1.8 zooms because they are not "primes", "zooming" with ones feet might not be practical and so the birth of "pro" zooms. If it is a macro shot I would always understand. But to pass up a shot, or take one even when the composition is not to your liking means you can't carve "that" Elephant; or you won't like it if you do. Matt I get it done with YAHOO! DSL! ===== Matt Greene I get it done with YAHOO! DSL!
