Hey Kimmerz I don't see anything wrong with the original image at all! I do like it in B&W, but the postwork you did is really distracting. The blur and cloning is noticeable and takes away from the original. We discussed this in MANY threads...its NOT the camera...it the person behind it that makes is all happen! Sometime we have to get out of the "easy fix" mentality and just take pix. Not all photos we take need to be works of art...some are just precious moments captured in time! Those are the priceless ones! My 2.5 cents! Joe