 Denis Hall |
cropping I've been told numerous times that cropping is a serious mistake. I understand the desirability of filling the frame in terms of composition, resolution, etc. But I've also been told the print, the end result, is the all-important point of the whole process. Why, again, am I not supposed to crop?
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Samuel Smith |
i've only done a few,but only worked on a copy,not the original. for me ..the end result will be the journey. now quit listening to what people tell you.just do better.
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Andrew Laverghetta |
The only reason why I believe people might possibly not say to crop is because it's cutting off pixels that could help make the picture look better. The problem is that if you want to make an enlargment, something other than 4x6 or 8x12, you're going to have to crop. A lot of this depends on how you want your picture to be taken and how/if you're framing it. If you're taking pictures for other people you might want to make it fit for a 5x7 or 8x10, that means leaving a little bit of extra space on the sides (lengthwise). On the other hand, if you're making your own artwork and don't want to be held to standard print sizes you can crop to fulfill what you see in your head. If you want to print it at a place like walmart or just any place that only prints normal sizes (most of them), then you might have to put that odd shaped picture into a different size. For example, I really got into liking the widescreen format like what's used for movies. I made my picture in that format but then I placed it into a larger file, 11x14 and had it printed with a border on the top and bottom. Anyways, I assume that you're just talking about cropping to a 5x7 or an 8x10 from the normal "4x6" size that you normally get from 3:2 ratio negatives or digital chips. But no, cropping isn't a mistake at all. Another thing, sometimes you can't get as close to something as you want and then you decide to crop in to get closer after the shot was taken. The only downfall to cropping is that you won't have as much info in the file and it won't have as much detail. Hope this helps you! Andrew
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Pete H |
Denis, This may sound silly, but everytime we take a shot, we ARE cropping. Someone might see your photo who is familiar with where you shot it and say "Hey, what about that big pine tree to the left?" Secondly; 35mm and/or the smaller sensor of the digital camera's inherently crop! Third: When you enlarge for printing, you are cropping. I agree with Samuel, stop listening to all these "purists." They will be your downfall. Do what YOU like. Finally, if you are really worried about the technical issues, then yes; if you crop, crop and crop the same image, you will suffer resolution loss...but that is ridiculous; I know of no one who does that. Pete
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- Dennis Flanagan Contact Dennis Flanagan Dennis Flanagan's Gallery |
If cropping makes the photo come out the way you visualized it before you snapped it, go for it! And if you know what you are doing in Photoshop there isn't a lot of resolution loss when enlarged.
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Ariel Lepor |
Everyone here is right, and cropping is often very important, but sometimes it is bad. If you crop a picture, the picture will have less information per part of the picture once you view it as the same size as the original. Now, if you start with a, say, 2mp picture and you crop to a small part of the picture, this is indeed very bad. There will be hardly any detail and the noise and grain will be unbearable. But if you start with a 10mp file from an SLR and you only crop out a small part of the picture to perfect the composition, the picture will still have great quality, it will just be nicer to look at! Now, using a camera with a smaller sensor than another does have the same effect on quality as cropping, but it's not the same. With cropping, you select part of an image to keep, and part to remove. The smaller sensor just removes detail. Remember when cropping not to take out too much from the picture - try to make the best composition you can when taking the picture, and use cropping just for the fine-tuning. Ariel
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