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Originally Posted by VoodooChild

John....yeah the Conlon Cobb Sliding is an awesome shot, but was really cropped. Here's the original. I bet it was taken a few feet away from the 3rd base line. You could probably get a similar shot today with a cheap digital camera from good seats in the stands. Those guys really had skills back then. He had one shot at it with a manual focus large format camera. Not like today where cameras auto focus multiple frames per second.

Well... I guess that's my argument in a nutshell for good design. I know that shot was pretty wide... but if it was placed in the context of a card design, you MUST know how to crop a photo that results in the best possible design. It doesn't matter if it's an illustration or a photo... the design of the image is a key to create a beautiful result... I've seen a lot of amazing design ruined by bad crops (among other reasons...). Cropping is a pretty important element that figures in the final outcome.