I don't want to be a bore - may be I am already - but I would like to know if this concept of extreme crop, which is nothing but a crop of the same picture, is correct.
I would like to know because of the shots I'll be doing tomorrow for this thread.
I hope I made myself clear.
I put it in more telegraphic way:
I have seen crops of the same picture.
Do they fit the general ideia of the concept extreme crop ?
Sorry folks. :
Please read the original post.
I mentioned "10%" of the original picture.
I also said PP crops are fine.
You can go with the pure PP crops, thus inevitably suffering from the lost of resolution. This is post mortem crop. This means a photographer failed to see the real target while s/he was shooting and only realized the real worth of the whole thing afterwards. This happens often, and Rutt's (even outdated) examples are the great proof to that. I have experienced similar issues (also with glasses:-), and I'm sure everybody has plenty of such shots.
My example with the real-time crop of the leaf on the cul-de-sac is what we *really* want to achieve. You look at the scene and you notice something. You are trying to zoom in, but your lens is not long enough. Hence comes the ultimate zoom, the "foot zoom". This is what this whole class is about - ability to analyze the scene in real-time and make shooting decision right then and there.
I said in the very beginning - PP crops are fine. Real-time ones are better. Changing the angle totally, like you did with the three people, is, IMHO, a bit outside of this particular assignment.
One of my all time favorite extreme crops is a picture of Andy's. Perhaps he'll post the original so you can see how cool a crop this was.
Hi John, and thanks for remembering this one - I love it, too.
It was a cold February morning, and I was in a zone. Crossing 5th Avenue at 23rd street, I saw this - and fired off a shot. The whole thing was maybe 2 seconds. 1Ds Mark II with 50mm f/1.4 on board.
John actually printed up some rather large (30" x 40") prints from this crop, and they look darn good
Hi John, and thanks for remembering this one - I love it, too.
It was a cold February morning, and I was in a zone. Crossing 5th Avenue at 23rd street, I saw this - and fired off a shot. The whole thing was maybe 2 seconds. 1Ds Mark II with 50mm f/1.4 on board.
John actually printed up some rather large (30" x 40") prints from this crop, and they look darn good
Thank you very much for playing with us, I do appreciate it!
You can go with the pure PP crops, thus inevitably suffering from the lost of resolution. This is post mortem crop. This means a photographer failed to see the real target while s/he was shooting and only realized the real worth of the whole thing afterwards. This happens often, and Rutt's (even outdated) examples are the great proof to that. I have experienced similar issues (also with glasses:-), and I'm sure everybody has plenty of such shots.
My example with the real-time crop of the leaf on the cul-de-sac is what we *really* want to achieve. You look at the scene and you notice something. You are trying to zoom in, but your lens is not long enough. Hence comes the ultimate zoom, the "foot zoom". This is what this whole class is about - ability to analyze the scene in real-time and make shooting decision right then and there.
I said in the very beginning - PP crops are fine. Real-time ones are better. Changing the angle totally, like you did with the three people, is, IMHO, a bit outside of this particular assignment.
Antonio - I think those are all good, but I especially like the first one (the iron and ironing board pair). I like the pairs of photos where it's almost like a puzzle to see the first picture and then to try and figure out which part of first picture is the crop/close-up is in the second picture. I also that the second picture is interesting as a individual photograph as well.
Angelo - I really like the shapes and contrast in those photos. I'd be interested to see and even closer shot in the second one - all the way up to the ceiling glass or the details in the cross-beams. Can you fly? Obviously, there are situations where getting as close as we would like aren't quite so easy.
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unfortunately I did not read the "Extreme Crop" definition until after taking these shots. These were taken on the Georgia Tech campus, they were placed on campus as a memorial to the 9/11 victims.
unfortunately I did not read the "Extreme Crop" definition until after taking these shots. These were taken on the Georgia Tech campus, they were placed on campus as a memorial to the 9/11 victims.
Welcome to the class!
It may not be extreme, but it's a definite crop and a nice image!
And you still have until next weekend to gather more crops:-)
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Please read the original post.
I mentioned "10%" of the original picture.
I also said PP crops are fine.
You can go with the pure PP crops, thus inevitably suffering from the lost of resolution. This is post mortem crop. This means a photographer failed to see the real target while s/he was shooting and only realized the real worth of the whole thing afterwards. This happens often, and Rutt's (even outdated) examples are the great proof to that. I have experienced similar issues (also with glasses:-), and I'm sure everybody has plenty of such shots.
My example with the real-time crop of the leaf on the cul-de-sac is what we *really* want to achieve. You look at the scene and you notice something. You are trying to zoom in, but your lens is not long enough. Hence comes the ultimate zoom, the "foot zoom". This is what this whole class is about - ability to analyze the scene in real-time and make shooting decision right then and there.
I said in the very beginning - PP crops are fine. Real-time ones are better. Changing the angle totally, like you did with the three people, is, IMHO, a bit outside of this particular assignment.
HTH
I agree, this is an awesome picture!
Hey, Andy, do you have a bigger view;-)?
Breaking the rules of engagement, aren't we? :nono
Two pictures per entry - one wide, one cropped
Jeez, just finished reading Dan's book and I have to admit I didn't read your rules very well (or at all, really). I'll fix the post.
It was a cold February morning, and I was in a zone. Crossing 5th Avenue at 23rd street, I saw this - and fired off a shot. The whole thing was maybe 2 seconds. 1Ds Mark II with 50mm f/1.4 on board.
John actually printed up some rather large (30" x 40") prints from this crop, and they look darn good
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Thank you very much for playing with us, I do appreciate it!
Here's my attempt at this assignment.
From afar:
cropped using my feet and lens:
Mary
Very nice, welcome to the class and thank you for a great entry!
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So, first one...
[SIZE=-1]It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. - John Lennon.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. - John Lennon.[/SIZE]
And here I go:
Angelo - I really like the shapes and contrast in those photos. I'd be interested to see and even closer shot in the second one - all the way up to the ceiling glass or the details in the cross-beams. Can you fly?
Mary
Welcome to the class! Thanks for the entries!
Thanks!
I think you'g get even better effect if you'd made a tighter crop on the head, don't you think?
I like the first pair a lot!
3d image is no show, so it' shard to tell how it relates to 4th.
In the last two pairs the angles are changed so drastically, that it's hard to call them zooming/cropping anymore... :uhoh
douglas
Interesting insight :-)
Great entry, Doug!
Now that's EXTREME!
I have no idea where to look for it in the first image
unfortunately I did not read the "Extreme Crop" definition until after taking these shots. These were taken on the Georgia Tech campus, they were placed on campus as a memorial to the 9/11 victims.
Welcome to the class!
It may not be extreme, but it's a definite crop and a nice image!
And you still have until next weekend to gather more crops:-)
but I could't go a day without taking a pic or two and providing some fodder for the extreme crop now could I?
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And I think if you'd left pinecones only that would have been even better!