On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 11:33:03PM -0700, Tim Bray wrote: > Approximately a thousand years ago, I did a lot of photo editing for a > medium-size-university student newspaper. I remember the late nights > in the darkroom, obsessing over the enlarger, which could do immensely > less than Lightroom or equivalent can; but the visceral thrill of > zooming out the extraneous from a couple of faces in Tri-X prints at
My lens choices were my 58/1.4, or my 58/1.4 with the 2x teleconverter. I usually didn't have the option of framing things perfectly in the camera. Almost all of my prints were cropped in the darkroom. > the center of a story... well past midnight of course, the air thick > with photochemicals and cannabis. I haven’t touched an enlarger this > millennium but I can remember how it feels. -T I have. Moving it around in storage. > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:37 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hear, hear! We couldn't afford to "waste" slides yet, when self processing > > with the aid of an enlarger, cropping was almost a given. > > > > Alan C > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: "George Sinos" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 2:27 PM > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: OT Striking a blow for cropping > > > > > >> 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. 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