Exercise: Cropping

 

 

    f/ 5,0 - 1/30" - ISO 200

    32 mm focal length

    Nikon d90 body with Nikkor 18.0-55.0 mm f/3,4 - 5,6 lens 

    f/ 5,0 - 1/30" - ISO 200

    22 mm focal length

    Nikon d90 body with Nikkor 18.0-55.0 mm f/3,4 - 5,6 lens 

    f/ 5,0 - 1/30" - ISO 200

    32 mm focal length

    Nikon d90 body with Nikkor 18.0-55.0 mm f/3,4 - 5,6 lens 

Cropping images can be an useful tool when the composition doesn’t work as well as expected. But the truth is that when you crop an image, the resolution of the image is reduced so when you print large copies, these have less quality.

I use to work with the largest image size and RAW format because of that. So when I need to crop an image, I try to do it as less as possible and it’s preferably to avoid cropping and make a good composition at first. So the more you crop, the more you lose quality in your copies, and even more if you want to enlarge the image.

But it can be a way to save a good picture in a bad composition.