You mean the arched windows behind the ice sheet?

You still did some great work, though - it wasn't my intention to come off as someone who didn't appreciate it (when I get tired, I lose my English [not my first language] and can come off rather bitchy). After I had a glass of wine, relaxed a bit and read Misha's reply, it just clicked that I -was- bitchy. :P I'm looking at them again on another monitor now - that reflection job on the third pic you reposted, was that an unsharp mask or just levels? It looks incredibly cleaned up! As for turning the camera, I'll try that soonish (the days are getting longer, but it's still usually too dark to get a good picture at that spot when I'm off from work - maybe I'll try to leave early this week. :P ). And I agree that they do.. it's not the industrial part I don't like, it's the fact that the styles are just way too mixed. I might be nitpicking, though. I like a bit of coherence once in a while. grin (although, come to think of it, taking a picture of that one street might be interesting, with all those styles contrasting against each other.. hmm..) - darkpen

Oh, I agree completely there (and understated it in my last message): excellent job, Rork. :) (and sorry for understating it!) - darkpen

Thanks a lot! :) I really don't mind the workout you gave them (the street on the last one looks really really good). It's a little darker than my taste (although that could be my monitor - I'll have to look at the changes again on another computer later on), but I definitely see the difference, though. And it's not like I can't do all that stuff and lighten it up afterwards, anyway. :) As for putting more of the city in the 3rd one.. I'm always hesitant to do that with Ottawa. The problem is that it's not a very pretty cityscape (IMO, anyway - I'm sure a lot of people love it). That area is downtown Ottawa, where all the major governmental buildings are, and the styles are incredibly disparate (you have Neo-Gothic right next to Normandin right next to Industrial right next to Modern). I guess tightening the shot to have just one style in view might work, though (at least for me to like it grin). Well, guess I'll be busy in Photoshop this week, then. :P - darkpen

I love that first one.. kinda looks like a fairy tale pic. :) - darkpen

I'm quite happy with this one (especially considering it's just my second roll) - they look a lot better on print than scanned, but they all need some more thorough levels work and maybe a bit of postwork. Any comments or suggestions are always welcome, and I hope you like. :) - darkpen

Cool stuff. :) - darkpen

That car is a 1984 Pontiac Parisienne. A real gas guzzler. grin Really nice engine, though. I prefer my own car, though. Better acceleration and more environment friendly. :P And thanks, Alpha.. I'll try! My drawer's worse than that tabletop, though. :) - darkpen

Very nice! I love the textures. #4 is my favorite, too.. love the mix of wood and rocks. - darkpen