erl Posted July 1, 2006 Share #21 Posted July 1, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) You are on the east bank of the Mississippi. You are carrying your m6 and 35mm lens. On the other side you spy Elvis and Hitler, each naked, sunbathing. Elvis is rubbing sun lotion on Amelia Earhart's back. Do you shoot and crop or pass on the photo? Swim to within range with your Nikonos! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest stnami Posted July 1, 2006 Share #22 Posted July 1, 2006 Stay home and doctor a photo in PhotoShop and add and add yourself in the photo drinking bourban dressed as a goat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbertnl Posted July 2, 2006 Share #23 Posted July 2, 2006 I always crop in the camera. After that I try not to. Norbert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael-IIIf Posted July 2, 2006 Share #24 Posted July 2, 2006 Back to the original question: All the time with digital. But bizarrely enough I am reluctant to crop a scanned neg. Somehow it seems sacrilegious to cut off any of that lovely analogue fuzziness around the frame. Yes, I know you can replicate it in PhotoShop, but it's not the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbertnl Posted July 2, 2006 Share #25 Posted July 2, 2006 Mary Ellen Mark used to teach her students to "crop in the camera", not in the darkroom. Probably that's analogous legacy, but maybe not the worst.... Best, Norbert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted July 2, 2006 Share #26 Posted July 2, 2006 Let's face it! There is no right and wrong to this question. Just preferences. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted July 2, 2006 Share #27 Posted July 2, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) It's a very rare day when i crop. i do everything in camera Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambroving Posted July 2, 2006 Share #28 Posted July 2, 2006 Rarely. All framing done in the viewfinder. Of course, some slightly cropping is inevitable when printing a 2 x 3 negauve to 8 x 10 or 11 x 17. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted July 2, 2006 Share #29 Posted July 2, 2006 It's all a matter of taste. Just because an image has been cropped doesn't make it any worse than one that hasn't. The only disadvantage is that you are not making full use of the original to make the final result. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Willy Posted July 2, 2006 Share #30 Posted July 2, 2006 Yes, I crop. Extensively. Staying with the original framing is honorable. Some people, including famous ones like Avedon were/are very proud of it but for other than for slide images it is not really necessary. And rather restrictive too. Just my opinion. Willy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
telyt Posted July 2, 2006 Share #31 Posted July 2, 2006 In order to get the best quality output (screen, print, or slide) I'd rather the full picture area but if cropping will improve the composition then I'll crop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leica_girl58 Posted July 2, 2006 Share #32 Posted July 2, 2006 I am " crop inside the camera" type of girl. I take my time and always pay attention to the total image before I press the shutter. It's a good habit that I learned from a fellow photog years ago. darlene Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted July 2, 2006 Share #33 Posted July 2, 2006 Darlene, but what happens when the composition doesn't fit the 3x2 ratio of the film/sensor? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leica_girl58 Posted July 2, 2006 Share #34 Posted July 2, 2006 I have my share of "crappy" slides. darlene Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 2, 2006 Share #35 Posted July 2, 2006 Is 'cropping inside' a dogma or a religion sort of? Something typically German, French, or Laponish? Just curious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambroving Posted July 2, 2006 Share #36 Posted July 2, 2006 LCT, I believe it is the Leica M religion, as you very well know! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leica_girl58 Posted July 2, 2006 Share #37 Posted July 2, 2006 I think my Grandmother was Laponish.. Photography is a changing art form. I prefer to lag behind and create my photographs with my own skills, given lighting conditions, etc. Besides being part-Laponish, I am stubborn. darlene Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemendicant Posted July 2, 2006 Share #38 Posted July 2, 2006 I find it interesting that my cropping habits have changed a lot since I started using rangefinder cameras last year; for the twenty or so years of my photographic experience before that, I had always used SLRs (both film and digital); with SLRs I found myself cropping quite frequently to improve composition. Since I started using an M6 as my main camera I crop far less. I think this is because I find it much easier to crop in camera using a rangefinder, where more of the scene is visible outside the framelines. In particular, I seem to get my horizons and verticals right with an RF! Having said all that, I do not have any ethical aversion to cropping where necessary, especially where the ideal composition does not fit the film format, where it was not possible to get the exact shot I wanted with the equipment to hand at the time, or simply where I didn't get it quite right but can still salvage a good photograph. All the best, Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvaubel Posted July 2, 2006 Share #39 Posted July 2, 2006 It depends largely on the format. I tend to compose rather tightly when using a SLR. That would be impractical with a rangefinder as the framing is unavoidable much vaguer what with focal lengths without framelines, parralex, lenses blocking the finder, etc, etc. My tendency is to take a step back to make sure I dont cut off part of my composition. I'm much more careful with any kind of direct view situation, even a back of the camera LCD point n' shoot. Rex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 2, 2006 Share #40 Posted July 2, 2006 ...I believe it is the Leica M religion... Funny that it comes from people using inaccurate finders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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