Hi everyone! Wow..fascinating this thread! Impressive Andreas... your diamond spider , as well as the other shots! ;-)

Thank's a lot! Really enjoy your selection os all kind of works!

I would say that these one are the most usefull... There is also mediachance site that has free plugins as one for b&W conversion I guess and for noise issue in portrait ;-) Xero and virtual photographer are very good though!

That's right! My only suggestion is practice practice practice...and to be carefull with colorfull flowers and saturation...on your camera setting or with postwork , as high saturation dramatically lower the tone range ands tend to render a flat impression of the subject...but this is just my own opinion and I am really not a prefessionnal..just a novice ;-) Anyway this is a good capture with a very good exposure and focus!

I really like that! Rich perfect tones..and like that contrast of blur and crispiness on your face.. Nice to meet people here too! ;-)

Never used it Dough but read in a few magazines that some known digitals phototographers are using it..It has special features that are very interesting..but could not recall what ;-) There is also a whole section on Ansel Adams zone system wich is explained with great graphs...

I would prefer the first one pascale as the tones are rich..and for that type of image..i prefer B&W...wich brings us more within a scene (avec un regard plus ''sensible'' que la couleur je trouves) On the 2nd shot, the sky looks a bit dull to me . This is my honest taste ;-)

It makes me hungry...for..pop-corn :) I prefer the taste of the first one ! Interesting with the underneath lighting!

Really good tips here...;-)

Thank's a lot..I tried few of your workflows and it works fine...especially smooth with edge preserving and clarify, and dust & scratch on chromatic noisy photos! Great help and tips guys ;-)

I am having problems with my monitor calibration wich begins to be aged now! I am missing dark tones and have lack of contrast..The only things I can see is a bit of dark green leaf in the right bottom side and a small gold shade on the left top!

HH.great explanations and diagrams! Thank,s a lot for that!

I definitely like it..never seen a shoot of birds like this one...It's full of colors and the little bird is really in focus! It's like if he is the king watching over his kingdom ;-) Really beautifull pic!

On this one I agree with Pascale...the color one was better but with contrasting tones..it now has a dramtic sky impact, wich I like plus a something warmer and rich!

Hum..the photo or dessert? ;D