Do you crop?

[msbarnes]

I don't look down upon people who crop, but I don't.

I guess I may crop a little bit on the computer, mostly to level things out or to take a bit away from the edges but I always print full frame and leave a bit of the border. I mostly like consistency in aspect ratios.

 

[jsrockit]

I guess I may crop a little bit on the computer, mostly to level things out or to take a bit away from the edges

Yeah, that's me... and to control perspective at times since I don't have tilt shift lenses. However, then I compose with added info in my frames so I still can have exactly what I want in my frame once the perspective has been corrected.

 

[rogue_designer]

I always try for the best composition I can get when shooting... but i won't hesitate to crop if that provides a better composition upon review.

 

[ruby.monkey]

If the image needs cropping, I'll crop; if it doesn't, I won't.

 

[back alley]

of course i crop...do you edit your poetry or prose?

 

[daveleo]

I only print 8x10's and shoot to APS format. So . . . I crop for printing.

To post to a web page, the web page layout rules, so I crop there also.

 

[Carterofmars]

of course i crop...do you edit your poetry or prose?

Good analogy.

 

[anjoca76]

I never need to crop because my framing is always perfect. Except when it's not--in which case then I crop

 

[carpark]

I try to never crop my photos. It becomes a little harder these days as I use a rangefinder and sometimes small things that I did not see at the time can appear at the edges. I usually discard these images. Force of habit

 

[Dunn]

I very, very rarely crop. When I do it's only a very tiny bit to maybe level the horizon or take out something near the edges that I think is overly distracting. I just don't like cropping. I think it helps me really focus on my composition when taking photos. And I actually hate how I have to crop to print at 8x10 because when I compose that's how I want the photo to look, not a cropped version of it.

 

[gns]

I like the idea of working with the frame the camera gives you. But I will clean up an edge or straighten a horizon by cropping.

This is always one of those touchy subjects here. One person says they work a certain way and another goes on the defense thinking he's being told that his way is not as good.

There are different ways to work. The best way is what make sense to you.

Re: Poetry. Look up. "first thought, best thought", or Beats.

 

[msbarnes]

I guess another level of complexity is how you display your work....like if you print 8x10, comply to website layout rules, and etc. I don't use the entire paper (8x10 in my case) myself.

I'm not a poet or writer but I don't see how that necessarily applies if I were. I will look up "first thought, best thought"/beats.

 

[koven]

I very, very rarely crop. When I do it's only a very tiny bit to maybe level the horizon or take out something near the edges that I think is overly distracting. I just don't like cropping. I think it helps me really focus on my composition when taking photos. And I actually hate how I have to crop to print at 8x10 because when I compose that's how I want the photo to look, not a cropped version of it.

you can add a canvas in photoshop so it prints the way you want it to look.


just an example.


franciss234 by MrEllis, on Flickr

 

[Monochrom]

Hi, nice question!

In the beginning i cropped without hesitation but the more i shoot the less i crop...of course i try to get closer or to compose better in order to avoid cropping, so it´s an excercise to get better about shooting...i don´t think cropping is betraying format or whatever...so keep cropping if you think you should!

Of course there are times when you have to crop, for instance when people work with square formats or the meaning in the pics need to be very clear...

Bye!

 

[Doug Smith]

I much prefer prints in either 8x10 format or square and have never been very found of 35mm's 2x3 ratio, so for printing I almost always crop when coming from 35mm. However for 120 or 4x5 I almost never crop.

 

[thegman]

I don't really like to crop, nothing massively against it, just don't like to.

 

[FrankS]

I try my best to do my cropping/selecting in the camera viewfinder before the picture is taken, but if it can be improved by cropping during printing, then sure.

 

[Fraser]

99% of pictures I take I crop, tight and bright

 

[rbiemer]

I do sometimes crop again after shooting;
every rectangular photo is a crop of the image circle the lens projects.
I try to use all the format but, when I seen my result, I will crop again as needed to get to the image I was trying to get.
Rob

 

[jky]

I crop according to what I see in the VF - obviously more often w/ accessory Vfs or RFs.

However, I don't crop a landscape photo into portrait... I stay with the ratio & orientation that I shot the image with.