Below are examples of images before and after resizing
and cropping
The image below was submitted in it's original size. Not only is it so wide that
you can not see the entire photo clearly in your browser without having to
scroll side to side but it is 1.15 megabytes (1150 kb) in size.
The following is the same photo which has been resized at 35% of it's original width/pixel size with a compression of 25% and is now only 89.2kb in size.
The following is the same photo which has been resized at 35% of it's original width/pixel size with a compression of 25% and has had all the background grass cropped from the photo. This photo is now 31.5kb in size.