Quote - As far as cropping out backgrounds i have never done that. i used tubes from sites that didn't require a link back and did not care where you used the tubes as long as you didn't sell them.

Then those should be ok to use.  Why don't you give the mods the link to the site you got the tubes from so that they can read the terms themselves. Then you can put your images back. It seems a shame to take down a whole gallery.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi