Ah-HA! i found it!!! i thought all you had was the little comment/caption under the photo before this one that described a bit of what you did & had no ideal it was on your homepage... you probably said that somewhere before & i misunderstood thinking that was all there was i tried experimenting some more with the dodge tool & it worked better for me after i uped the contrast & brightness, even tried the "colorize"! thank you Dave for pointing me in the right direction! :D