poptart Posted May 10, 2010 Share #261 Posted May 10, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) I normally prefer to avoid cropping but I have an overwhelming urge to suggest that this thread be extensively cropped! :p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 10, 2010 Posted May 10, 2010 Hi poptart, Take a look here To crop or not to crop...... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
lct Posted May 10, 2010 Share #262 Posted May 10, 2010 I normally prefer to avoid cropping but I have an overwhelming urge to suggest that this thread be extensively cropped! :p +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted May 10, 2010 Share #263 Posted May 10, 2010 +2 There's far too much crop opinion in this thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delander † Posted May 10, 2010 Share #264 Posted May 10, 2010 OK, one more try, dont read it if you are bored with the subject. Here is a photo I took recently. It is 10Mp of an 18Mp M9 image taken from across the road. It has been cropped, there was more road in the foreground, cars to the right and more pub to the left. I like this busy type of image, but I could have moved closer and captured a better version without the need for cropping. And that to me would have been more satisfying. Of course I knew when I took the photo that I could cropaway the disturbing elements because I had 18Mp to play with. Jeff Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119320-to-crop-or-not-to-crop/?do=findComment&comment=1319480'>More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 10, 2010 Share #265 Posted May 10, 2010 I don't know how much traffic there was, but it might be wise to stay on the pavement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted May 10, 2010 Share #266 Posted May 10, 2010 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119320-to-crop-or-not-to-crop/?do=findComment&comment=1319570'>More sharing options...
danyves Posted May 10, 2010 Share #267 Posted May 10, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) No. Cardinal Pacelli was done with a different camera, but Gare St. Lazare was shot with a Leica. You can see the negative here: Etherton Gallery | Celebrating the Negative:Photographs by John Loengard Also, as I've mentioned already in this thread, an uncropped print can be found in the "Scrapbook". Thanks for the precision. I should have know better, for I do remember now having see Johm Loengard picture. Memory hole ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danyves Posted May 10, 2010 Share #268 Posted May 10, 2010 This is a request to picture editors. It says nothing about whether or not the print is from the entire area of the negative. Hence too the true black border to show that print was truly from full negative. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted May 10, 2010 Share #269 Posted May 10, 2010 but I could have moved closer and captured a better version without the need for cropping. But, even if you shot full frame, look at how azzo cleaned up the verticals on the left edge of the full scene. Just this crop detail fixes the problem of making it appear that the guys leaning on the building are pushing it over. Better if you saw this and used better technique when you shot...but, no less valid for me to use the small crop after the fact to improve the image. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delander † Posted May 10, 2010 Share #270 Posted May 10, 2010 Give me a break, no need to demonstrate this novice stuff. If I had wanted to correct the verticals I would have done that before it was cropped, if I had wanted to make even smaller crops I would have also done that. There is no skill in it. As I said get a 60mp camera and make endless crops and pictures - be happy. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 10, 2010 Share #271 Posted May 10, 2010 Jeff, there is a respectable photographic school that eschews cropping, to which you belong, there are equally respectable photographers that regard cropping as an essential tool. I see no harm in those two schools coexisting. Missionary zeal on both sides makes no sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted May 10, 2010 Share #272 Posted May 10, 2010 Give me a break, no need to demonstrate this novice stuff. If I had wanted to correct the verticals I would have done that before it was cropped, if I had wanted to make even smaller crops I would have also done that. There is no skill in it. As I said get a 60mp camera and make endless crops and pictures - be happy. Jeff You missed the point...again. My point was that it would have been ok to crop, after the fact, not that you should have done it. Remember the purpose of the thread...ok to crop or not? Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giordano Posted May 10, 2010 Share #273 Posted May 10, 2010 I like this busy type of image, Me too. but I could have moved closer and captured a better version without the need for cropping. And that to me would have been more satisfying. Are you certain it would have been better? Moving closer would change the perspective, not least the relationshop between the street furniture and the building and people. Taking the time to move closer would have put the pedestrians towards the right hand side of the image in less advantageous positions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delander † Posted May 10, 2010 Share #274 Posted May 10, 2010 Me too. Are you certain it would have been better? Moving closer would change the perspective, not least the relationshop between the street furniture and the building and people. Taking the time to move closer would have put the pedestrians towards the right hand side of the image in less advantageous positions. Yes moving closer would have changed the perspective and I think given it more depth, which I think would have given it a better look but I cant be certain. I would have liked to have done that and should probably have stayed around a while longer. Jaap, I agree with your comments - photography is a broad church. Jeff-S - we are just going around in circles. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted May 10, 2010 Share #275 Posted May 10, 2010 The reason for my crops is not to demonstrate how this image should be cropped but for the simple fact that I see 2 images here ... left and right side. Personally, I prefer less busy photos but that's my taste. What IMHO would have made this image more interesting is that you should have waited a touch longer for the gentleman in the suit to come into the picture better positioned. See the contrast between him and the rest. I dare not ask to see the uncropped version ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted May 10, 2010 Share #276 Posted May 10, 2010 Well said, Azzo... i red just now this thread and, frankly, it looks a bit surreal to me... ok, I understand that there are people who, by principle, think that cropping is to avoid... but in my simplicistic mood I always thought that if a certain pic looks better to you when cropped... ok, crop it, period: if it is a crop of 1/2 or so of the image... well you probably had done better to use another lens (provided there was practical capability do do this). Don't understand why making an article of faith on this issue. And... easy and fine-tuned cropping is intrinsic in digital photo processing... welcome to digital !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delander † Posted May 10, 2010 Share #277 Posted May 10, 2010 [quote=azzo;1325589 … I dare not ask to see the uncropped version ! Why do you say that? Here it is in colour straight from Captureone. Jeff. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119320-to-crop-or-not-to-crop/?do=findComment&comment=1320018'>More sharing options...
lct Posted May 10, 2010 Share #278 Posted May 10, 2010 Not only you crop your images but you shoot in color to work in B&W! HCB must be turning over in his grave. Poor Henri. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJP Posted May 10, 2010 Share #279 Posted May 10, 2010 I like the uncropped version best of all and it shows your total mastery of photography:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrism Posted May 10, 2010 Share #280 Posted May 10, 2010 Hmm - "John Snow" - could the pub actually be in Broad Street? A public health hero for those who don't know about Dr Snow and the handle of the Broad Street pump. Worth cropping out everything else! Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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