Backdrop Height - your thoughts wanted

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I take images of my layout, which has a backdrop rising to within 1.5" of the corner edge where it meets the ceiling. In my case, I like shots with lots of depth of focus showing distant hills, treelines, and sky (example below, with the top right of center skyline cropped very close to the corner meeting the ceiling). I often find myself wishing my basement ceiling had been another foot higher when I learn I have to crop about the top quarter of my pictures so that I don't spoil the illusion (I don't have Photo Shop or Corel Draw, or Paint Pro, so I can't add in skies).

If imagery is going to be a minor or rare concern for you, and/or if you intend to alter your photos with software, then the advice to this point makes sense. Otherwise....

-Crandell