Thanks for your reply, humorix. It's very heartening to me! Another reason I was feeling discouraged - but had plumb forgotten about until you alluded to it - was that I didn't even understand half of what you guys were talking about for some of the parameters. I mean, sure, I understood about the postprocessing in general, but there was other stuff being mentioned that I haven't even touched on yet. That's reason enough for me to recognize that I'm not yet qualified to "play with the big guys," because I know I still have a lot to learn. And that's very much OK with me. Unfortunately, I just haven't had the kind of focused time lately that I need to spend on Bryce. But if I keep hanging out around here, once I can really dig back into it, I believe that you all will be there to support me. To be honest, I didn't always feel that way, though. I tried to start a thread several weeks ago asking for critiques of my work and didn't get a single response. At that time I hadn't realized that people aren't likely to go to links and would rather look directly at pix in threads. The result was that I've probably been carrying a bit of a chip on my shoulder, thinking that this was pretty much an elitest group. But I still kept hanging around, and am glad I did, because I've learned that that isn't the case at all. But enough about me - LOL! As for the voting, yes, I like Sihn's idea too. She always seems to make good, practical sense with her ideas. Even so, a lot of people might balk at the idea of not having this be a voting challenge. So, maybe you could consider my suggestion of having only the entrants vote. OK. I have other forums to visit and more books to write ;-) Sorry this was so long. And thanks again, humorix.