設備，光線，背景，暗室技術，PS，時間等等都是對你最終要獲得的圖像的限制因素。攝影的人要學會的是如何利用現有的資源，包括上述各個方面的資源，最大限度地實現自己想要獲得的結果。而不是根據資源限制，決定結果有多大。

I think the last statement is precisely what it is:
根據資源限制，決定結果有多大。- or to be more exact, optimize at given restriction.


不crop只是一種approach，或者說是少數人的attitude，是攝影的人對自己提出的一種限制。

disagree. forced cropping is a result of not optimized composition on the first run. its definitely better not to crop than cropping after - not just a matter of incovinenience - lost resolution, optical quality, etc. etc.


這和有的人決定只使用lomo而不使用高檔相機，有的人只照黑白不照彩色，有的人只用膠片不用數碼是一個道理。但是這些都不是決定攝影的結果是否重要的因素。大師之所以是大師就是

LOMO (and the like) produces a different effect. Just like the mobile phone camera. Those are all 'restrictions' that make photography fun, divsersed and dynamic. But these, in relation to cropping are more subjective.

因為他勇於突破前人設定的條條框框。當然，我是不指望成為大師的。

hehe, I dont know if there are many 條條框框 before HCB. He didnt do anything revolutionary. He took pictures of everyday people, events, (and of course the hisorical, important ones..). What makes him so much better than the others, is his way of presenting the material. He had the aboslutely unprecedent skills of observation and control. That, again, in addition to talent, is result of endless training and accumulated experience.

但是，我作為愛好者，我看的是結果，學習各種過程只是為了得到那樣的結果。如果通過不同手段可以獲得同樣的結果，我會嘗試所有的手段。
aboslutely. is the end result that really matters. But i still think, spending much time in front of the computer/darkroom tweeking limits the time for fun shooting :-)

作為HBC的粉絲，我分析他的構圖，不管他的照片是否crop過，也不管他原來是否用的是萊卡。嘿嘿
hehe, there is a reason why he chose Leica ;-)