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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Murray" data-source="post: 210767" data-attributes="member: 9753">I am actually an artist and use pencils from a #2 through to charcoal and my fingers. Yes the photo is yours for the &quot;taking&quot; as is the painting for the doing. There is honestly two reason's I would crop in on a photo that could not make it to print one to show on the web, and 2 to be able to see enough detail to replicate that in, coloured pencil, oil pastels, chalks, oil paints, water colour and honestly any other medium that involved more than a sensor. I recall painting the roman colosseum from some dirty house paints and a 5 inch square photograph which I transferred to life size and stage size.I guess what I am trying to say is, compose for what you want to achieve. If you can get an available print from a lion thats cropped in 80% then thats what you aim for. But aim for as high as possible and not &quot;just what you can get&quot; as there is no fun at all in that <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scott Murray, post: 210767, member: 9753"] I am actually an artist and use pencils from a #2 through to charcoal and my fingers. Yes the photo is yours for the "taking" as is the painting for the doing. There is honestly two reason's I would crop in on a photo that could not make it to print one to show on the web, and 2 to be able to see enough detail to replicate that in, coloured pencil, oil pastels, chalks, oil paints, water colour and honestly any other medium that involved more than a sensor. I recall painting the roman colosseum from some dirty house paints and a 5 inch square photograph which I transferred to life size and stage size. I guess what I am trying to say is, compose for what you want to achieve. If you can get an available print from a lion thats cropped in 80% then thats what you aim for. But aim for as high as possible and not "just what you can get" as there is no fun at all in that ;) [/QUOTE]

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