Comments on: Cropping your photos

By: Indrik myneur

Indrik myneur — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:13:28 +0000

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:)

By: Glenn Ivens

Glenn Ivens — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:09:10 +0000

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.

By: Kay in t Veen

Kay in t Veen — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:42:15 +0000

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.

By: Calvin Hill

Calvin Hill — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:35:59 +0000

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?

By: Rob DeForge

Rob DeForge — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:17:12 +0000

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.

By: Kay in t Veen

Kay in t Veen — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:13:31 +0000

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.

By: Kay in t Veen

Kay in t Veen — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:12:55 +0000

Thanks man, i think cropping is super important.

By: Willem

Willem — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:38:49 +0000

To bad my camara cant take that much cropping.. or can it? Has only 6.3 mp

By: hamperium

hamperium — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:07:44 +0000

the given examples are good. gives a good understanding how powerful a good crop can be

By: Kay in t Veen

Kay in t Veen — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:34:41 +0000

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

By: Fio006

Fio006 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:32:50 +0000

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!

By: Elis

Elis — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:31:38 +0000

aren’t you afraid of losing MP? because you buy a camera with 10MegaPixel, and you crop it half size sometimes?

By: Photofreak

Photofreak — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:30:54 +0000

Thankyou for this great article kay!

By: Erick22

Erick22 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:30:13 +0000

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!