At 02:12 AM 1/11/2002 -0800, you wrote:
Doesn't anybody crop and make prints the shape of the image of
interest anymore?
To the degree that the so-called "rule of thirds" is a natural way
of seeing and composing, the 35mm frame size utilizes it very well,
stretching the thirds either horizonally or vertically, depending on
the orientation one prefers for the composition. Which is one of
the reasons I think the format prevails as it does. I really think
this is a natural rather than a learned preference, although this
could be debated endlessly ...
Joel W.
As I remember it the Greeks and Romans had a proportion called the
golden mean which they thought was most beautiful. It is very close
to the proportions of a 35mm frame.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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