I think Flak made a good point. I agree, we all may not have the same objective in our mind when we post. I am aged 40, an accountant by proffession (which is very unlikely to change till I retire at the age of 60, if I live upto that). It's a very dry life...... figures, figures and more figures. I am not a naturally bent for this job but I am doing it cause I got nothing better to do which paid better when I started in my carrier. I was always a creative person who never got teh chance to explore or expand or even display my creativity to anyone, except to my wife to whom I wrote very loving love letters with sweet graphics in it. ;) I wanted to be something very diff but it was my destiny I guess, I ended up being the accountant. My graphic ventures are a relase for me. I started with Photoimpact, then went to PSP6 , PSP7 and now PSP8 and yeah, I am trying the beta version of Psp9 Too, I worked with unlead cool D, enjoyed my time doing animations a lot. My fav till date has been Text animation. Me and a fellow mate...nirvy (who is a great poser artist cum product seller at RR) started a group in MSN which taught the novice the basics of PSP and animation and so on. Then I moved on to bryce, poser, spent sometime exploring the vast advantage of a 3d plane. Used it primarily for my abstract work though, not much into details or stuff. Then a back surgery...... I couldnt si for long, so I moved on to photography now. I love it. I have no regretted anything I have done in the past 5 years...... I have always enjoyed every bit of it. My photographs are not bad, if you check my gallary but you can also tell, it's not proffessional and honestly, I dont want to be a proffessional photographer like going to a photo school , learning the technical details and stuff. I am happy with what I have learnt at the user level plus some of the awesome photographers at RR have helped me miles in improving my limited skill.... I shall always owe them. So, posting any work at RR is just my attempt to express myself in a manner I love. and to be amongst teh crowd of creatively talented artists and freinds. This is where I feel myself at home. Peace to all. SNAKEY