third attempt at this..lol hi douglas and welcome :) the points i would have made has been covered. i usually post here in the forum for crit/advice and post in the final image in the gallery. i think there are cliques at all websites like this, not much you can do about that but it should not stop us from posting our comments either through the comments section or through IM. if the photographer is true to themselves they will review the comments and take from it what they want. nice way to get introduce to the forum :)))

Pictures appear to me, I shoot them.   Elliot Erwitt