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Old 04-01-2008, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul K View Post
I need to learn to crop better. I do try cropping variations while post processing, but in most cases, don't see the big difference between them. I think my eye isn't trained enough to seek out the right framing. I do recognize a better crop when someone else does it, but just can't see it when I'm doing it

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Paul
Try conciously using the rule of thirds as a beginning lesson in good in camera cropping. Imagine a tick tac toe board drawn on your display with the 2 vertical lines dividing the viewfinder into 3rds and the two horizontal lines dividing into thirds. Then place the most important element of the photo on one of the interesection points. Or at least on one of the lines. The rule of thirds is a good starting point.

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