A news photo shows one student asleep at a desk. The wider scene showed twenty-four classmates writing. What does the crop make the photograph appear to show?

A rally photo shows packed front rows seen from the stage. The wider scene showed the rest of the field almost empty. What does the crop change for the reader?

A photo shows a mayor alone cutting a ribbon at a new footbridge. The wider scene showed four barangay officials holding the same scissors with him. What does the crop suggest?

A flood photo is cropped to cut a blurred tree branch from the left edge. The wider scene showed the same water depth across the whole street. Is this crop fair?

A photo shows a man shouting with his arm raised beside a police officer. The wider scene showed him pointing at a signboard that had fallen on a child. What does the crop change?

A photo of a speaker at a health forum is cropped to remove a large sponsor's banner behind her. The wider scene showed the banner of a soft drink company. What is lost?

A photo shows a fallen tree filling the frame. The wider scene showed two workers standing beside it. What does cropping the workers out take away?

A school posts a photo of a bright, repainted classroom. The wider scene showed a collapsed ceiling panel in the same room. Is the crop fair framing or misleading selection?

A photo shows a long line of shoppers stretching to the frame's edge. The wider scene showed the line ending three steps later. What does the crop do?

A market photo shows a tray of glossy fresh fish. The wider scene showed four nearby trays of spoiled fish. The caption reads 'Fresh catch at the public market.' What is the problem?

A sports photo shows a player scoring into an open goal. The wider scene showed empty stands and training cones on the pitch. What does the crop hide?

A photo of a coastal cleanup shows volunteers filling the frame shoulder to shoulder. The wider scene showed only nine volunteers on a long beach. What does the crop change?

A photo shows a dry street beside floodwater. The wider scene showed a new flood barrier between the two sides. What does removing the barrier from the frame do?

A photographer crops a portrait to cut an out-of-focus shoulder at the right edge. The wider scene showed the same subject and setting. Is this crop fair?

A photo shows one damaged house filling the frame. The wider scene showed that the other eleven houses on the street were untouched. What does the crop suggest to a reader?

Cropping can mislead a reader even when every part of the photograph left in the frame is true.

A photo shows a child crying alone in a doorway. The wider scene showed her mother two steps away, arms open. What does the crop change about the child?

An editor crops a wide photo of a road repair down to one worker resting on a shovel. The wider scene showed six workers laying asphalt. Which judgment fits this crop?

A newspaper crops a group photo so the frame ends just past the mayor's shoulder. The wider scene showed him seated between two donors. Which question should a reader now ask?

A relief photo shows sacks of rice stacked high. The wider scene showed the same sacks were the entire delivery for four barangays. What does the crop encourage?