Listening to Donald can't be wrong me thinks gg I guess, i'll try both. Cloning worked quite good on a smaller version but - as Donald stated - is a lot of work and will never be really clean. Trying a second shot is not a matter of distance (10 minutes by foot) but a matter of getting this colours again. Not to easy, but worth a try. @Brenda: I agree with you, that it will most certainly be another sky. Let's see if it'll still be a good pic. :) Thanks to you!! :)

Looking forward to seeing them too! :) Thank you Brenda! Did have sweet dreams but i don't remember what it really was :) @Cindy: sharpening can cost you further clarity. Take a picture shot with a high ISO-value and use unsharp-mask ... if you're not extremly cautious, you'll get double filesize and a ruined picture. There are better ways .. but i don't think, that i'm telling you anything new :))

Hope, you're having the sweetest dreams right now :) Thanks for letting me play with it. Of course, not anyone is allowed to do that. beeingproud! Can't promise anything ... let's see evilgrin @Cynlee: thanks for assisting! I used PSP5 quite a while .. but after getting my hands at PS6 .. ;)

Getting a second change isn't what i'm used to, sorry. Of course, if you do get a second or third try, this is way better than cropping. In some other cases, postwork could get it better, but you're right that if a pic just isn't good enough, no postwork can save it. About PSP: hey, Potatoshop is just a tool. Someone who really knows how to use PSP will be able to do anything 99.9% of all PS-user will ever do. It's the artist working with this tool, not the tool itself, doing wonders (even if some PS-freak will tell you something else). :)) Do you mind if i play somewhat with that pic of yours? Have a nice evening ... time to go to bed for me. :-)

Hmm ... good raw work is essential for bad starting material can't be saved by postwork. But what's wrong about doing some postwork? There's lot's of scissorhands out there ;). As stated here (by enax?), it'll be best to do the composing on site, but all to often, there's some cropping to do afterwards. Does cost some resolution, but it depends on what you'd like to do with the pic if this could be a problem or not. In any other aspect .. it depends (me thinks g). Trying to sell a pic as a postcard for example, i'd do any postwork i feel is needed. The same applies in the galeries here, where i'd like to have opinions on the picture as i want it to be (postworked or not). Doesn't matter if this is done via a perfect shot or via more or less postwork. Sometimes, postwork is even necessary to do things, which cannot be done any other way. Of course, if e.g. it is a pic for a challenge, one must say if it's raw or not and i do agree, that it'd be a nice challenge once, to do something without any postwork. But that's just my noob-thinking. I'm very interested in your (and any other) optinion. :)

There must be an option to rotate it. I just dunno where ;). If you can't find it, please send this pic to me via Mail, i'll gladly fix this minor issue for you! Bout posting raw work .. hmm ... i'll add that later as i'm in a little hurry right now. Thanks for your reply! :)

Yep, i'll second michelle. I liked the original version, but this is better. :)

Thanks for your helpful comments :-)) I'll redo this one next weekend - not beeing quite sure where i'll end, but i think, it'll be very near to enax' idea even if zhounder provides that wider angle, i do like more. So once again: Thanks!

Should we call you Enax Scissorhands in the future? :)). Btw. Thank you too Michelle!!

I like those wide-angled-pano-like shots ... but you're right, some cropping on the left side will make it better. The rule oft thirds is lost (beeing not to strong in the original version) but .. yep. Feeling better! Thank you!

Nice toad ... will make a good soup? Hi and welcome! Looking forward to seeing more toads! :)

PS .. sorry, no editing around here .... just wanted to say, that Mr. Potatoshop found a way of enlighting my longlegged friend .. better this way?

Waaahhhhhh ... cyns army from the back, kims in front? I wish it would be evening and the germans are coming (roughly quoting one of napoleons enemies) .. looool @Kim: im sure you'll find great views. All those buggers wait beyond the snow and we'll continue our battles next spring! :) huggles Getting late here (Saturday, 00:40) .. so have a nice evening and 'till tomorrow! :) cya Tom

Nr. 1 Wow ... he's a real danger for my long legged friend. That flash-problem, i do know very well. The same thing catched me with her. Flashing gave me a white pic .. not enough light around and no external flash to use so this has to be it. Hmmm .... I don't think, that this one is as good as your other work, but it is still way beyond a lot of other macros around! Great shot Kim! You are the macro queen and goddess of your bugger army. bowing :)) Nr. 2 Oooops .. that's not nice of you. We don't have any SAM's right now ... runningawayveryfast :( Love him!! Great colours an fantastic shooting ... as ever Kim! May i ask where you're living? So much insects around! hugz Tom :))