No, HCB never cropped his images. Now his darkroom technician, or editor may have, but HCB never did. He also, I understand, did not do his own printing; so could say that with a straight face.
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 5:50 PM Subject: Re: CropTastic (WAS: Re: Medium Format - Which one is best?) > Exactly! > > I too, try as much as possible to "crop in the viewfinder". The more neg > you can use to make a print, the better. > > That being said, sometimes it can't be helped. The odd time, there's > just no way I can move around to get that nasty light pole or power lines > out of the viewfinder, so I snap, with the thought that I can crop > later. Or, sometimes something will creep in there without my noticing > (maybe because the viewfinder isn't 100%). > > Hey, despite his statements to the contrary, even HCB had to crop, > sometimes... > > regards, > frank > > tom wrote: > > > > > > > I try to crop as little as possible, but I don't hesitate if it'll > > make a better image. > > > > Sometimes I see something that begs for a square crop and I shoot it > > with the crop in mind. > > > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > >
