Further to Anna's emotional cry to 'save people in photographs from random and thoughtless amputations'… I was trying to think of a way to 'stop the suffering'. It occurred to me that we could specifically shoot for the panoramic opportunity. Shoot what you might call 'the subject image' and then move slightly to get the 'rest of the scene' photograph. Use the spine as the aligned join for these images to create a panoramic effect. This has two advantages. The enlargement required is less, keeping the quality up. You plan more for the placement of your subject so that nobody has to lose an arm. Important tips for this to work: -be wary of barrel distortions from wider lenses. -do not adjust the exposures. -doesn't work for crowd scenes unless you can put a deliberate break between the two images. -be aware of the image alignment vertically and horizontally. Cheers, Johannes