I'm very much a beginner, and am starting out shooting digital. Most of the cropping I do is due to inexperience. I'm afraid of losing something out of the frame, so I tend to take too much, then trim it down to size. With the image size I take, it's easy to crop it and not lose any pixels. (I am, however, only sizing for screen display, so 72dpi is fine for me) I'm learning quickly, more so by reading what you all are doing. :) Thanks ~ Rich