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Why YSK: I've been seeing an increasing number of phone photos shared online in 9:16, 9:21 or similarly tall aspect ratios, often with parts of the subject cut off. I've asked a few people why they cropped their images that way, and none of them knew they were cropped.

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[-] itadakimasu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Buttttt I like 16:9 better

[-] Zak@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Nobody is telling you what to like, just how your phone camera functions.

Now if we're doing photo critique, I might tell you a 9:16 portriat orientation photo of your cat with half its ear cropped out on the side but a whole bunch of the floor included in the foreground looks poorly composed, but cropping to 16:9 in some other context might exclude some uninteresting clutter and improve the photo.

[-] itadakimasu@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I get it and I've always known. I just prefer 16:9 photos because... Well, my screen and monitors, and TV are 16:9 so why not take photos that (by default) fill the screens?

Nothing more annoying than showing an album to friends over Chromecast on your TV and the photos don't fill the screen.

[-] gk99@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Nothing more annoying than showing an album to friends over Chromecast on your TV and the photos don't fill the screen.

But you can still just crop it after taking the picture? 4:3 would just give you more freedom of where the cut is made for photos that might not be lined up perfectly when taken in 16:9.

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