Hi Mafud,
You of course are right. I can't tell what lens I took it with unless I
already know. In general though, when I look back over my accumulated work,
I seem to have an affinity for the shots taken with primes. Possibly it's
just my imagination.
I agree - either cropping with a zoom or copping by proximity works for me.
I do find however, that when using a prime, it necessarily makes me look
more closely at the subject. It seems to take longer to set up, compose,
change lenses if need be. During that lengthen stay at the subject, I am
forced to get to know it more intimately, even if only slightly so.
Tom C.
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Subject: Re: More on croppng (Was: An important step)
> In a message dated 3/5/2001 1:21:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> << For instance http://pug.komkon.org/00febr/WoodenBoats.htm was shot
with a
> prime. It has a crispness and clarity (not blowing my own horn) even at
this
> low resolution that I don't see in some of my zoom photos. >>
>
> Hello Tom!
>
> Could it be you ~know~ your own work, perhaps too well? And would you be
so
> sure of it if the photo had been shot by someone else? Suppose you were
asked
> the zoom Vs. prime question about that particular photo?
>
> I would hope my question[s] might lead to a lessening of the "prime Vs.
zoom"
> mentality. Considering there are a pile of zoom photos in the March PUG,
and
> since so many PUGSTERS acquit themselves so well with zooms, perhaps
> "cropping by zoom" ought to be as an acceptable and valid photographer's
> technique, at least as much as "cropping by feet," the time honored
> (old-fashioned, before quality zooms) method.
>
> Mafud
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