I've now read through all of Max555's references and am currently looking at Varian's. I'm starting to get a grip on just how much I DON'T know about imaging. For example, lines. "The lines in your image should do this ... or that." WHAT lines? What are they talking about?! They don't show examples. And then there's Balance. "You should divide your picture into 3 irregularly sized sections." And then what? What do you do with the sections? Please see the attached image (rendered in Preview mode). Can some of you artist types please use this pic and explain what they mean by balance and lines? Or am I getting too hung up on this whole composition thing? PS: I did this image before I read anything about composition. Thanks in advance.