I think the "no cropping" idea became popular when many photographers were shooting slide film. The same goes for a lot of the more restrictive "get it right in the camera" stuff.
You didn't crop because you couldn't. So you got it right in the camera. gs George Sinos -------------------- www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:11 AM, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: > I crop more or less 100%. -T > > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: >> David & Paul took the words right out of my mouth. >> >> I crop my photos with an eye toward potentially printing in a standard >> aspect ratio. I do take pains to preserve as much as possible, but I'm far >> less concerned about drawing hoots from pixel-peepers than I am about >> presenting the shot in its best format. >> >> -- Walt >> >> >> >> On 5/8/2013 9:02 PM, David Parsons wrote: >>> >>> If you do any kind of portraiture, you quickly learn to frame loose >>> and plan on cropping. There's nothing worse than taking a group shot >>> and realizing that you can't crop it to 8x10. >>> >>> On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I crop 60 to 70% of my photos. I frequently shoot with the intention of >>>> cropping at least a small amount. Better to leave a bit too much than a bit >>>> too little. >>>> >>>> Paul >>>> >>>> >>>> On May 8, 2013, at 8:09 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Scroll down in this article and have a look at three famous images >>>>> before and after cropping to their published form. Amazing, especially >>>>> the Arnold Newman pair: Picasso and Stravinsky. >>>>> >>>>> http://www.drkrishi.com/cropping >>>>> >>>>> Admittedly the extreme cases were probably only possible because of >>>>> being shot with a large format camera to begin with, but whatever. >>>>> >>>>> “I crop for the benefit of the pictures. The world just does not fit >>>>> conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.” – W. Eugene Smith. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -bmw >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
