Explanation please.

HowardJ · 2010-02-19T14:35:25+0000

There is frequent talk on here of cropping, which I understand and do on most of my images. Sometimes, however, there is mention of a 100% crop, what does this mean? To my mind if you do a 100% crop you end up with nothing!! I think I must be missing something, as I do frequently:oops:, am I:? ::? : Also is there a rule of thumb as to how much one should crop? Or is it personal preference? I have found that too heavy a crop produces a noisy image as in going from this to this Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for any help. Howard :):):):)

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Posted 20/02/2010 - 03:39 Link

HowardJ wrote:

Also is there a rule of thumb as to how much one should crop? Or is it personal preference? I have found that too heavy a crop produces a noisy image{...}

Howard

Hi Howard,

Noise is not the only consideration (although it's an important one). If you're aware of the 'rule of thirds', then some cropping might be desirable to line it up, if you were unable to frame / compose your shot to accord with that rule in the first instance. I crop frequently for this reason.

Also some images are just not sharp enough to crop to 100% - if I want to use them, or a part of them, I have to make do with something less than that. Again, noise may not be an issue in this instance, or if it is, then it is not the only issue.

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