Tough call on the crop. Cropping more on the top would put more emphasis on the boat on the left and give you a more horizontal composition. But I think for it to really clean your background up a bit(if that's what you're trying to do), you'd end up clipping the mast thingie (oh yea, I'm real nautical). Try a couple different croppings, save them under different names and then look at them and see what you think. Could help more if, like Insane asks, you can let us know what is it you are trying to emphasize? Marcus - I don't see what's not straight in this one. Most lines look to be parallel to the sides. A few are slightly off, but I think that's more a matter of "boats in the water" and "older waterfront buildings" than the whole shot being off. -=>Donald