tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post904333846040240004..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: Cropped land-, sea- water- and townscapesLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-39417383009309838962009-11-25T04:16:59.298+01:002009-11-25T04:16:59.298+01:00I love the black and white tree trunks....and the ...I love the black and white tree trunks....and the colorful flowers (is that lavender in the back?)....and others....just beautiful, beautiful.<br /><br />And I appreciated your idea of comparing the computer screen to the darkroom. I've tended to resist learning how to do anything to photos digitally, though I enjoyed the darkroom. Now that I think of it, though, how wonderful not to have that awful smell to deal with!<br /><br />You may have pushed me a bit in a new direction...Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03592157819188364751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-47691945169121972312009-11-24T15:26:00.534+01:002009-11-24T15:26:00.534+01:00I love this line of shots. Really nice and I espec...I love this line of shots. Really nice and I especially like the textures. <br /><br />My first editor endlessly told us that the best photographers crop as they shoot and move around to get the picture they want. Now I do believe in moving my feet, but I also think that cropping on screen is quite valuable: not only can we often create more powerful images but it's super revision work for the next time we're out with the camera.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381204473168533313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-41519347587023983372009-11-24T14:43:39.756+01:002009-11-24T14:43:39.756+01:00It's odd because I just can't bring myself...It's odd because I just can't bring myself to crop photos unless there is something really offensive on the edge (and even then I have to take a deep breath before I do it and always save the original too). Daft isn't it? I have no particular interest in photography so I suppose it isn't about being artistic for me, more about preserving a moment and somehow it doesn't seem right to change the moment. I think that is why I can't do it.<br /><br />But I love these photos you have put in this post. So perhaps I should be brave and try and do it occasionally. <br /><br />I think people's power to change photographs scares me a little - that they can change what people see without changing the reality.<br /><br />Oh I am not explaining myself very well.Reluctant Bloggernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-36480315786168795042009-11-24T12:46:13.850+01:002009-11-24T12:46:13.850+01:00These days if you still use a film camera the deve...These days if you still use a film camera the development services often crop the prints without your instruction, and not necessarily in the way you might have wanted. <br /><br />Where's the bridge? The mouth of the Seine?Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-80180785392945319192009-11-24T08:53:08.237+01:002009-11-24T08:53:08.237+01:00These are lovely photos....
I think cropping is f...These are lovely photos....<br /><br />I think cropping is fine, I'm starting to experiment with crops as well and sometimes can produce a totally different photo which focuses the attention differently, while the original shot is also worth preserving. <br /><br />Why hang onto old ways just because they're the old ways?Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-15871898790099139402009-11-24T07:08:36.801+01:002009-11-24T07:08:36.801+01:00I love all those close crops; learned about croppi...I love all those close crops; learned about cropping way into a picture from the art department people at the magazine where I worked lo those many years ago. It forces people into the picture.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-9135194259104450162009-11-24T05:48:08.416+01:002009-11-24T05:48:08.416+01:00I often find it tedious to listen to the arguments...I often find it tedious to listen to the arguments that the old ways are the best ways. I too have my areas where I resist the modern, but at least I understand that I am revealing my comfort level far more than some loss of quality. I am an acoustical guitarist primarily, but electric guitar is a different instrument, not a bastardized and ruined acoustical guitar. The same with the computerized keyboard, distinct from the grand piano. And so on.<br /><br />The computerized media, as you mentioned, does not erase the fundamentals of composition. Indeed. It adds a whole new realm of expertise. This is also true in my job, where I not only have to be good at engineering design, but I also have to master so many phases of computer operation and the really complicated functions of the design program I use too. Now I have a double job. We all do. The old ways are the best is often a lazy man's complaint.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-39846265162293992472009-11-24T00:10:43.647+01:002009-11-24T00:10:43.647+01:00Artists often try to separate themselves from the ...Artists often try to separate themselves from the herd in whatever way they can. As a non-artist, I'm just grateful for digital tech for photos, since now I can take as many as I want and see what happens.<br /><br />Or, perhaps real artists should all go back to just incising rock.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-89445305782453644772009-11-24T00:09:20.326+01:002009-11-24T00:09:20.326+01:00Fabulous! Cropping is quite acceptable in my books...Fabulous! Cropping is quite acceptable in my books! As is any photoshopping or adjusting as needed. I usually find I have to adjust the levels a bit or the images would appear too washed out on some monitors. Isn't that what makes digital so fabulous? So much easier than fumbling with all those nasty chemicals in a darkroom, ugh, I don't miss that at all.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-34366520649923604422009-11-23T23:49:29.529+01:002009-11-23T23:49:29.529+01:00Some really stunning shots here!Some really stunning shots here!Kurthttp://haikustudy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-11453620802919622742009-11-23T21:42:36.230+01:002009-11-23T21:42:36.230+01:00While I try as much as possible to "fill the ...While I try as much as possible to "fill the frame" while I am shooting, I usually end up cropping a bit. <br /><br />These are lovely photos - I especially like the grasses and the bright flowers further down.PurestGreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860331983741242940noreply@blogger.com