Definitely Keith and cruelanimal said it all. I was getting bored and bored and unmotivated every day - and it doesn't happen anymore, and I'm satisfied with my images again and pleased to make new ones without having to follow any "trend" or "standards". I do visit the galleries occasionaly and post in the forum but that's it. To me the last drop in the glass I think was having some image "stolen" (quotation marks are optional depending on your conception of "steal") and being used as a background for a Poser image - the composite image was made first, then I was asked if I could let the other "artist" use it in his/her masterpiece, after the image had been posted. It was a nice composition, but it wasn't so nice that it had to be done that way.