>Although most of my shots have very >little cropping,this one was heavily cropped to get the >composition I wanted, ALL photographs have some cropping: even fish-eye lenses only cover around 2-pi steradians ;o) Of course I understood what you meant, but it is a curious "thing" among many photographers ... the sanctity of the original format. Some insist on everything being "full frame". Being able to crop in camera - and lucky enough to actually want every crop to be 36mm by 24mm on the neg (oldspeak) - may well maximise quality ... but there are times you want a panorama / square shot ... so you just have to crop ... and not apologise for it ;o) B
