Originally Posted by
Brandon Whitmore
Can someone give me an example of a time when it would be a bad idea to take a wide angle photo showing more than just the specific defect.
it seems that if you are doing a thorough job and catch all the defects, than you would have nothing to hide.
That's your answer.
*IF* you are not careful, you could show something in your photo which is defective, but which *you* did not catch or report on.
Not that you are "intentionally" "hiding" a defect, but that you unintentionally missed one. Cropping the photo does the opposite - you could be thought of as "intentionally" "hiding" the defect you missed (because you cropped it off). Admittedly, the risk of the missed defect being found is less when cropped as your real photo would only be seen when you are taken to court ... and that is not the time to be seen as 'cropping out defective you did not want to report on'.
Catch 22 if you are not on the ball (and we *ALL* occasionally slip up, so be careful out there and only slip up when it does not matter
).