10 Oct 2009, Posted by Kay in t Veen in Post-processing, Tips & Tricks, 14 Comments
Cropping your photos
Cropping your photos is essential in all photography, if you photograph a nature scape its a lot easier getting your photo right in 1 take than in sports. sometimes your focal length is just not long enough, or your using your centre AF point because its way more sensitive then other ones. Cropping with give you the ability applying the rule of thirds later on or give you a better isolation. Never leave your shots just the way they are if this is not ideal. Do not be afraid the size of your photo, there are a lot of tools for this. (making your photo 400% the size without big quality issues isn’t a problem these days).
Here i have a few examples before and after.
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14 Comments
October 12, 2009 12:30 am
Erick22 @Twitter Name
Wow kay! this is a true great article, just these small examples make it clear to me that cropping can sometimes be the essential key to a photo!
October 12, 2009 12:30 am
Photofreak @
Thankyou for this great article kay!
October 12, 2009 12:31 am
Elis @
aren’t you afraid of losing MP? because you buy a camera with 10MegaPixel, and you crop it half size sometimes?
October 12 2009 00:34 am
Kay in t Veen @spbdotcom
Fio006 is pretty right, don't worry. and by the way i almost never buy a cam for there megapixels, focus on features and above all, image quality ;-)
October 12 2009 18:17 pm
Rob DeForge @rdeforge
This may only be an issue if you are planning on making a very large print, otherwise the crop is essential in making anice photograph in my opinion.
October 12, 2009 12:32 am
Fio006 @
Elis, i’m not sure but in the article he mentioned that now a days you can re-size photos to 400% without any issues. so i wont make a big deal out of it!
October 12, 2009 9:07 am
hamperium @hamperium
the given examples are good. gives a good understanding how powerful a good crop can be
October 12 2009 18:12 pm
Kay in t Veen @Twitter Name
Thanks man, i think cropping is super important.
October 12, 2009 3:38 pm
Willem @willemkeller
To bad my camara cant take that much cropping.. or can it? Has only 6.3 mp
October 12 2009 18:13 pm
Kay in t Veen @Twitter Name
Like said in the document. you can always crop also with a 6MP cam. as long as you don't crop more then half-way your O.K.
October 14, 2009 7:35 pm
Calvin Hill @HillReflects
I love to crop but when I am shooting sports I try to make it as tight as possible. I want to know that if someone buys a 20×30 they will be able too. Is there a good ratio or equation to determine on how much is to much when cropping?
October 14 2009 19:42 pm
Kay in t Veen @kayintveen
i think it depends, personally i choose a 2*3 ratio. but how much is to much depends on the reason u shoot. if its a editorial stuff i like to keep it more loose, a magazine editor or anyone can make things smaller or crop it tighter. if i make portraits, or shots for direct purchase a tight crop can be good since nobody is working on them later.
let me know what you think.
October 28, 2009 8:09 pm
Glenn Ivens
I see so many shots that would have been so much better if the photographer had just cropped the image and got rid of all the extra stuff. It is nice to be able to crop tight in the camera but with high speed sports it is nice to give yourself a little room for the action to happen. I also find it very frustrating when you look at a shot and the boards are crooked or the outfield fence is crooked. Makes it look like the athlete is going up or down hill. It can be tough to always get your horizon straight in camera as you are following the action and don’t have time to check for horizons . If you leave a little crop room you can correct for this and make an okay picture into a great shot.
November 05 2009 23:13 pm
Indrik myneur @Twitter Name
One "golden rule of thumb" says: crop anything that is not necessary. That doesn't mean you always should crop everything around motif - sometimes the empty space around can be used for emphasizing "vastnes" etc., but in this case, the space around is necessary:)
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