Crop Happens http://goo.gl/Y3kxUm vs https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e8/2e/6d/e82e6d13bc863c01f24b349158f35821.jpg Arnold Newman, 1954
On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Often I give what I consider the > primary element in a scene a bit > of extra space to allow latitude > for cropping. Doing so allows me > the time to consider the question > at my leisure. > Jack > > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 16, 2015, at 6:21 AM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Malcolm Smith wrote: >> >>> David Mann wrote: >>> >>>> We're cropping reality every time we take a photo. >>> >>> Mark! >>> >>> However: this is also a great observation that is often overlooked. Aside >>> from choosing the specific image of the area I am in, I now find myself in >>> the digital age drawn to cropping from the original I've taken. I often >>> wonder if that is because I can, simply due to the large image size, and I >>> can take another look at the image (I often leave photos a week or two and >>> come back to them fresh in LR or Elements), or I didn't frame the subject >>> taken well enough? Maybe both? Or is it simply as I originally suggested, >>> because I can? >> >> I'm of two minds when it comes to cropping: First of all, refusing to >> crop when it's obvious that doing so will result in a better final >> image is just cutting off your nose to spite your face – it might make >> you feel morally superior but it makes you look foolish to everyone >> else; but on the other hand I do hate to throw away resolution, which >> is an inevitable part of cropping (don't waste precious pixels!) So on >> the whole, I crop when I have to and avoid it when I can. >> >> In more practical terms, though, I feel that cropping should be used >> as an educational tool. Whenever I end up cropping an image I kick >> myself mentally and analyze *why* I composed the shot the way I did >> and what's better about the cropped version. Accumulating this >> knowledge over the years has really reduced the number of times I'm >> forced to resort to cropping. >> >> In other words, done right, cropping is a tool that teaches you how to >> not need to crop future photos. >> >> -- >> Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia >> www.robertstech.com >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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.
