I agree I need both, but on the longer telephoto score, as I said both a 600mm and/or a track pass for a Grand Prix are out of my league. I do need to improve my skills, but just having a quick look at your shots on Sunday photog, you have a perfect example of the kind of crop I do for people shots. In your article on flare (the first one I cam across with people shots when looking back) there is one titled mj-morgan. If you cropped that from landscape to portrait (eg crop what you have to 250*339 pixels centred) then you have a much better shot. You lose his bisected friend on one side and the wasted space on the other. This is the sort of 50% crop that I do due to poor composition when I should have shot in portrait mode to start with...
You may not crop, but perhaps you should? > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Johnston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > I never crop. Well, 35mm I don't. > > Seriously, I print 35mm out to the frame edge 100% of the time. > > I do crop my little digi-snaps sometimes. But I would say > never all four edges at once. Cropping seems to me like one > of the natural controls of Photoshop. And I suppose it's > because I take digital so much less seriously. But if someone > has to crop to 50% of the frame, they really need some > serious remedial work on their shooting skills. Or to invest > in a longer telephoto, one or the other! > > --Mike > >
