Hi Mike, I have been around but have not had much to say. :) Yes the tree does look a little colourless but I think I have too many flowers. The pictures I have seen of the cherry blossom trees don't show and leaves, just the flowers. I will have to look a little more at them and see about there centers. The faded object in the background was ment to be a volcano. Now you mention it, it does look a little strange. I will hunt out some DEM's and see if I can improve that. The picture is loosely based on an image I have from a japanese jigsaw puzzle and I thought I would throw in Mt Fuji. Looks like I missed there. :( Thanks for the comments Have fun Neil