Basic Cropping Question

[photoshopnewbie]

Hey everyone!

As you can tell from my username, I am new to photography and editing. I was wondering if anyone could give me some basic help or advice. I have a great photo, but I would like to crop a bit of the background out to make it less distracting on the subject, with a bit of the building still on show. However, when I try to crop the image, I find that the quality of the image is not good at all and pretty blurry. I was wondering if anyone could give me any suggestions or online editing sites, where I can crop the image without taking away the quality.

I have attatched the link to the main size original photo:
http://s1206.photobucket.com/albums/...l300dpi136.jpg

Thanks in advance

[skydog]

What tool are you using to crop? If you were using photoshop for example, you can set your resolution. If the value is too small the image would looked blurred.

[photoshopnewbie]

thanks for the response, i have used to photobucket to crop, as i dont have access to photoshop at the moment. could u suggest any other online free editing sites with a smiliar cropping tool? thanks

[CoreyByas]

Gimp.org (Open Source (free), popular); Sumopaint (in Browser, other to); Pixelator (cost but not much $50?), Photoshop Elements ($100?), theres others, can't think of them right now..

theres a site called Alternative.com or something, I think.

[photoshopnewbie]

thank you very much!! i will check those out now

[CoreyByas]

thats the site - alternativeto.net. Might help.