I would advise zooming out a bit and cropping afterwards. As a discipline, restrict your crops to the same ratio used by your camera. For example, mine takes pictures that are about 3:2 (eg. 3008x2000px at full size) so I would limit myself to crops that have the same ratio (eg. 1500x1000px).
The value in doing that is that you will get a better idea of what fits within a frame of that proportion and, as it becomes ingrained, you can return to framing the subject more closely in camera.
Wulf
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Wulf Forrester-Barker << Sites: blog / flickr >>
Gear: Nikon D40, Nikon AFS 18-55mm f/3.5 - 5.6G, Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8, Nikon AF 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Vivitar 90mm f/2.5 macro, Raynox DCR-250, Lensbaby 2.0k, SB600
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