RITPFs,
I was looking at two thumb nail pix on the home page of a newspaper today.
One showed a crowd of demonstrators.
If you recognized the flag in the background, good for you.
Otherwise, the picture was remarkably uninformative.
The other showed a tennis player two-handing a back-hand shot.
Her face, gritted teeth, shoulders & racket pretty well filled the frame.
The 'story' in the picture was, well, 'complete'.
And did not invite squinting.
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It struck me that thumb nail composition was a skill in & of itself.
There is a strong expectation that, if you click on the story or the
thumb nail, you get the same picture.
But, actually, what makes a good thumb nail might make a (relatively)
poor full-frame shot.
While composition was always an issue, thumb nails seem to go past
the edge of that envelope.
Is it just a matter of zoom'n'crop?
Or can/should (would be) photo journalists 'go for the thumb nail
shot' as well as the story shot?
Cheers,
/s/ Michael Storch
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