Well this is turning out to be a good post with some good points. I think that some comments can be misinterpreted and not meant in offence, I can be quite sensitive about comments, I think we all can, but I want people to tell me if they think something could be better as long as it is constructive. As Michell.A pointed out cropping in the darkroom is a common event for many photographers, even I have done it with little success, (not one of my strong points) and since all the images on here film or digital are in a digital format (film/prints are scanned) therefore making cropping an easy option if necessary to get the results that you as an individual want to achieve. I have had comments saying my images look "shopped"(PS) which they are not, and not likely to be (just cant afford it)personally I dont think it really matters as long as you are happy with the results that you achieve, cropping only really becomes an issue if you need large digital/digitised files to produce large prints from. My Disclaimer: This is all of course just in my humble opinion (IMHO)

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