[Margaret Pilkington]

Both of you take great shots....however you do it.
Russell, some of the things you mention are beyond the knowledge of some folk(me).
We are not so technical. I guess I could learn it if I really wanted to but like many I rely on sympathetic editing. I will crop pictures, and sometimes straighten them......because doing this improves the composition slightly. I don't look at this as cheating, because it is still me being creative.