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<blockquote data-quote="piperbarb" data-source="post: 123362" data-attributes="member: 12214">I take photos with the intention of not cropping.&nbsp; I try to compose my images through the viewfinder instead of cropping a photo to death later. Also, I don't go out taking pictures with the attitude that I can take hundreds of shots and hope that one will be useable. I do not want to crop a photo so much that it loses detail and gets that &quot;grainy&quot; or pixelated look.&nbsp; That does not mean I never crop or adjust exposure, color balance, etc. afterwards, but I try to keep that to a minimum.&nbsp; I thought that same way when I was shooting film &amp; doing my own darkroom work.&nbsp; I really did not want to spend most of my time like a mole in a darkroom.&nbsp; I would rather be outside taking photos.&nbsp; I still think that way today.&nbsp; I don't want to spend most of my free time in front of my computer editing photos. &nbsp;Everyone is different.&nbsp; What works for me may not work for you.&nbsp; it also depends on your subject, how close you can get to it, what equipment (i.e.: lenses) you have, etc. I hope that helps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="piperbarb, post: 123362, member: 12214"] I take photos with the intention of not cropping. I try to compose my images through the viewfinder instead of cropping a photo to death later. Also, I don't go out taking pictures with the attitude that I can take hundreds of shots and hope that one will be useable. I do not want to crop a photo so much that it loses detail and gets that "grainy" or pixelated look. That does not mean I never crop or adjust exposure, color balance, etc. afterwards, but I try to keep that to a minimum. I thought that same way when I was shooting film & doing my own darkroom work. I really did not want to spend most of my time like a mole in a darkroom. I would rather be outside taking photos. I still think that way today. I don't want to spend most of my free time in front of my computer editing photos. Everyone is different. What works for me may not work for you. it also depends on your subject, how close you can get to it, what equipment (i.e.: lenses) you have, etc. I hope that helps. [/QUOTE]

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