lct Posted July 3, 2006 Share #61 Posted July 3, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) ...I would have taken a vertical of this flower to minimize the background. I bet you posted this photo just to get me to admit that I would crop away here. ... He he too many withered flowers around and this one was at the shortest distance of the lens. Then to crop or to dumb? To crop of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 3, 2006 Posted July 3, 2006 Hi lct, Take a look here Do you Crop ?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
georgio Posted July 3, 2006 Share #62 Posted July 3, 2006 Framing done in the viewfinder, I never crop a shot. Geo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbesz Posted July 3, 2006 Share #63 Posted July 3, 2006 Absolutely we crop, even if only in the VF. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbertnl Posted July 4, 2006 Share #64 Posted July 4, 2006 Wilfredo wrote: "As much as I am a great fan of HCB, I confess to having played with cropping some of his images (I admit I am a sinner) and in my humble opinion came up with some very viable interepretations of the same image, one might even argue improved." Wilfredo, Even Pierre Gassmann, the man who did the lab work vor HCB, would sometimes crop a little. Look at the attachment... Best, Norbert 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/681-do-you-crop/?do=findComment&comment=6323'>More sharing options...
sfage Posted July 5, 2006 Share #65 Posted July 5, 2006 I don't crop. In fact, I use that as a selling feature with clients. "There is not one single photo in this room that has been cropped." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatboy Posted July 5, 2006 Share #66 Posted July 5, 2006 I crop in the viewfinder - thats frame-ing. I don't like to crop images post shutter as this reduces resolution/detail and magnifies grain/noise etc for a print of the same size. I do occasionally crop a bit though if its both a minimal amount and will improve the image. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hines Posted July 6, 2006 Share #67 Posted July 6, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) I try not to crop because of the fall off edge of the negative produced from the len of the camera. Two people made me go reprint a shot of a Rodin sculptor after I cropped it from a Hasselbland negative. The uncropped photo had a totally different feeling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted July 6, 2006 Share #68 Posted July 6, 2006 As others have said - I grew up with 35mm slides, so I have developed the habit of getting the picture the way I want it in the viewfinder. I LIKE the 24x36 35mm format. And IMHO image quality with any format below 4x5 is already so limited that I'm unwilling to give up any part of the negative. So I crop very few pictures. I HAVE been playing around with the opposite of cropping - expanding the frame by stitching. I used to shoot multi-frame panos for multi-screen slide shows, so I'm used to the technique and it makes a nice change-up now and then: Two 24mm images 'stitched'.... 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/681-do-you-crop/?do=findComment&comment=7776'>More sharing options...
djcastelli Posted July 6, 2006 Share #69 Posted July 6, 2006 Yes, a little. I spend more time looking, walking and waiting. I mostly use the 50mm Summicron, and I am comfortable with the way most of my stuff looks. I'm not one of those 'rapid' Leica shooters w/a wide-angle that's preset. 'Couse, I probably miss a lot by being stealthy vs. fast, but that's what makes us all unique. BTW, I once heard a editor of Pop Photo (now, don't send up a collective groan!) once say that HCB's 'decisive moment' was when he jabbed his finger on the contact sheet and said 'that's the one!". It was said in true court jester fashion, because one did not seriously question HRH HCB. I personally like David Douglas Duncan's approach (you can read it in "Photo Nomad"). Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatboy Posted July 6, 2006 Share #70 Posted July 6, 2006 I HAVE been playing around with the opposite of cropping - expanding the frame by stitching. I used to shoot multi-frame panos for multi-screen slide shows, so I'm used to the technique and it makes a nice change-up now and then: Two 24mm images 'stitched'.... Andy, hmmm, a Leica 35mm panoramic camera with Leica lenses, now theres a thought! Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drtrm Posted July 7, 2006 Share #71 Posted July 7, 2006 We all do: The negative format (24 x36 mm) does not correspond to the paper size (216 x 279 mm, i.e. 8x10 in). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgcd Posted July 7, 2006 Share #72 Posted July 7, 2006 We all do: The negative format (24 x36 mm) does not correspond to the paper size (216 x 279 mm, i.e. 8x10 in). Actually, that is why there are full-frame negative carriers and why one can print the full image on whatever paper size one chooses, thereby avoiding cropping... if that's what is required. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted July 7, 2006 Share #73 Posted July 7, 2006 We all do: The negative format (24 x36 mm) does not correspond to the paper size (216 x 279 mm, i.e. 8x10 in). I don't follow any of this post. Who is "we"? ...do not include me! What does paper size have to do with cropping? ..I've made at least 10,000 prints over the years and never cropped a picture to fit the paper, just left white borders as needed (the Brits would say 'rebates'). Trivially simple with either digital or an enlarger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted July 7, 2006 Share #74 Posted July 7, 2006 "WE" are the small wee little wierd guys from the dark film archives baaaa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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