I actually like the color one of the two. But, I think that both images lack contrast and sharpnes... Gary, have you calibrated your moniter? Photoshop has a calibration tool called adobe gamma. On a PC it is located in control panel. I think contrast enhancement would improve your images considerably. If you are using Photoshop, try playing with 'Unsharp Mask' and see if you can get that desired sharpness. Colm...