I was sorting though a stack of botched 8x10 negatives---mainly due to processing marks from when my rotary processor decided to go "rogue" on me and it occurred to me that I could salvage a couple or three of them by paring them down to 5x7 or 4x5.
This isn't a great moral question or anything but, would you consider it acceptable to post format size a negative? More important, how should I document it? I figure something like "5x7 negative from 8x10 TMY" or something like that.
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
Cropping is cropping. What's wrong with cropping?
I'm with Dan.
Do whatever is necessary to get the image you want. The result is all that matters.
RR
It's a 'permanent' crop 8-) You probably won't use the 5x7 or 4x5 proportions in the final rendition anyway.
Completely fair.
I'm with WaterMan. And I would document exactly as you suggested.
Absolutely fair game.
It's fine.
Mike
Politically, aerodynamically, and fashionably incorrect.
Just don't put fake rebates around the cropped images...
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