hello all, i posted this image yesterday but have since made a few minor changes. thanks to MGTF for helping me make it look a little better. he had suggested that i post here in the forum as the original image about 15 or so deep on the comments before i posted the revised edition. i agree it's only fair to those who commented before the edit to have their opinion one way or the other on the new version. the image goes as follosws; the top is the original, the middle is what MGTF did and the bottom is what i did which i posted as the edit. i personally like the middle version but i had no idea what he was talking about with burning, dodging and so on, he'll be stopping by at some point to give his input. as for what i did it was quite simple, i just magic wanded the main building and adjusted the levels and that's about it. my knowledge of photoshop is quite limited but i'm now striving to learn more and hopefully produce better looking results. thank you all for viewing and your time!!! eb