Ok, I will put up two images. One, the "near the ceiling" one is an image I am comfortable with posting. The other, a simple at the moment shot, beachballs. Both have color, stuff of "some interest". The beach ball image is just a plaything, could be made into something but as a photo, even with the sunlight as it was, this is not interesting in the way of the first image. In my work as a jeweler, I know certain techincal considerations must be present. This has little to do with design or the look of the piece. The idea is that the item, whatever the design must meet certain techinal standards in order to be made in the first place and to serve the purpose of jewelry. In photography, I see some standards for technical work, mostly specific to a particular form of image. I see the stuff of the darkroom carried into the world of software and digitized. I see less and less of the techinical need and more of the "image" within the value of that image itself: A value assigned, of course, by the viewer. Any comments will be appreciated. I am a bit thinskinned with the advice of the one who doesn't know my work, thick skinned with those who do. This refers to the jewelry work. I expect a divergance of opinion on likes and dislikes, as life is. As for an image like the beach balls, would you have taken it? Scrapped it? Composed it some other way? Thanks for any thoughts. I can always dismiss you opinion! LOL! Not really. Those who have known better than me are the reason for my position in my real jewelry work. I cannot thank them enough for the constructive criticism. God Bless. TomDart.