Hi Justin and All, I've heard this called "parkerizing" after a British photographer notorious for cleaning before releasing the shutter. If you ever wondered why magazine and book illustrations look better than reality, it's because they are. I watched with amazement as a photographer taking pictures of my client's garden for a magazine article cut peony flowers, paper-taped them to thin bamboo canes, and inserted them elsewhere on the plant. This was in order to create an evenly full effect. She also insisted that the window shades on the second floor be pulled to matching extension. Since the windows wouldn't appear in the shot I thought this was excessive . . . I'll move an intruding leaf, blow off a crumb of dirt - things that would distract from the image. But I'll leave a nibbled leaf - that's life. Judy