Ahhh....yes the crop is much better and in keeping with your style. Go ahead enax! Take a walk on the wild side and start cropping. ;~) Of course it is alway best to slow down, and really look at all of the elements that appear in your viewfinder before you snap the pic. I agree with you there, and I also try to avoid cropping....but.... Sometimes it is impossible due to angles of various objects to get in good and close to do away with unwanted distractions. A little cropping is not a crime! And sometimes necessary to clean up a shot. As far as the 50mm lens.... it is closest to our eyesight, the way humans see in their field of vision. I have been limited to the 50mm until the recent purchase of my macro lens. It's amazing how this limitation, (not being able to zoom in and out, or get very close) will force you learn and explore a subject in different ways. We could have a whole discussion on the good and bad of zoom lenses versus fixed focal length lenses.... that could be interesting. And I agree with Misha this has been a wonderful discussion.....let's do it again sometime. :~)

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