Re: Primes Vs. Zooms: was: Re: More on croppng (Was: An important step)

[tom]

> William Robb wrote:
> >
> >     What I find sad about this thread is that the PJ card got
> > played immediately, like as if that is the only way to
> > photograph something. "Get it now, get it while it's hot" seems
> > to be the mentality. I don't work that way, I never have. I
> > think that it is cheating the subject to work that way.
> 

Um, I think I was involved in the start of this thread. Here is what
Eduardo asked and my response:

>> About cropping and editing: I know they are photographic skills but I
>> guess that capturing subject and surrondings in the correct amout in
>> the first place would be a lot better, wouldn't it? 
>
> That's ideal. However, some people seem to think there's something wrong
> with cropping. I'm just saying I don't: I like to get it perfect in the
> finder, but if I don't, I have no problem cutting away.

and then a couple of posts later...

> It just depends...in some situations, it's acceptable to just get the
> damned shot. In other situations you would want to get the shot from a
> tripod on slow, 4x5 fine-grained film."

tv
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