I take a lot of specimen/artifact photographs. In the interest of science, I always include a scale. However, in the interest of art, I place the scale so it can easily be cropped out. That way, you do not have to take two photographs--just crop or not to get what you want. If you are scanning photos for the web, you can make the choice when you scan to include or not. Laurel Laurel Casjens Curator of Collections Utah Museum of Natural History University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 801-581-5578 fax: 801-585-3684 [log in to unmask]