I had made an earlier post on the merits of cropping your image and the subject has come up again. I will stick to my original thoughts on the process of cropping. Use it if necessary!
I ran onto an article by David Vestal published in an old Photo Techniques magazine from 2002 that seems to sum things up very well.
“Some people say that we should never crop photos. They’re wrong. When cropping will help the picture, it’s better to crop it than to leave it uncropped. If it doesn’t help the picture, then why bother? But it is an option, and it’s not a moral issue. We don’t need anyone’s permission. If you do it, do it well.” *
I couldn’t have said it better. . . thank you Mr. Vestal!
JB
I ran onto an article by David Vestal published in an old Photo Techniques magazine from 2002 that seems to sum things up very well.* David Vestal, Advanced B&W Printing, Photo Techniques Magazine, 2002