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<blockquote data-quote="Alan" data-source="post: 123614" data-attributes="member: 12333">To crop or not to crop...that is the question. It seems to me that there is no right or wrong answer. When photographing a landscape, closeups or doing a portrait you have the time needed to adjust everything to get the right shot the first time. But when you are trying to get a picture of a small bird or animal that is 50 feet up a tree or 50 yards out on a lake (or they might just eat you) then some cropping may be needed. I remember some of my instructors back in the day even criticizing me for not doing a better job of cropping when I printed my photograph. One always said &quot;Why do you think we call it an enlarger?&quot;&nbsp; Now our PC is the darkroom and enlarger. I don't think cropping is any different than an other tool we use.So I guess my answer is shot it right the first time, but if that is not possible then fix it before you display it. You deserve to show people your best work and if you don't use all the tools you have it is not your best work you are showing. Just my humble opinion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alan, post: 123614, member: 12333"] To crop or not to crop...that is the question. It seems to me that there is no right or wrong answer. When photographing a landscape, closeups or doing a portrait you have the time needed to adjust everything to get the right shot the first time. But when you are trying to get a picture of a small bird or animal that is 50 feet up a tree or 50 yards out on a lake (or they might just eat you) then some cropping may be needed. I remember some of my instructors back in the day even criticizing me for not doing a better job of cropping when I printed my photograph. One always said "Why do you think we call it an enlarger?" Now our PC is the darkroom and enlarger. I don't think cropping is any different than an other tool we use. So I guess my answer is shot it right the first time, but if that is not possible then fix it before you display it. You deserve to show people your best work and if you don't use all the tools you have it is not your best work you are showing. Just my humble opinion. [/QUOTE]

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