Found this fellow on one of my walks. I was wondering , as far as overall effect, is the second cropped photo more effective with the close up of face, water rings and paws or the first as shot photo ...

Thanks all for the kind compliments. The tree was full of Egrets with these two off by them selves offering a fairly close-up op. Here's another of the same two.

I want to thank everyone for their comments and suggestions, they help greatly with my learning curve. As far as the suggestion to upload the original, unfortunately I use Lightroom and although they...

MrB Wrote: (Apr 8, 2014, 12:20) -- Hello Jim. Perhaps more information about the scene and your objectives is needed. With the yellow cast on the lower clouds and the mistiness over the town, it r...

One Tree overlooking St. Georges, Grenada https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/13716613675_5bf7a9c6e1_z.jpg All comments will be greatly appreciated.

These two Cattle Egrets were not at all pleased with me being near their nesting tree.

kNox Wrote: (Mar 24, 2014, 07:41) -- The branches definitely look better than in the previous photos. Did you bump up the clarity as well? -- Yes I bumped up the clarity as well as playing with the c...

Thanks for the comments on the original post and here is my 'edit' to the one photo 'Fence and country stream' with those comments in mind. The first problem I had was that the blue tinge in the rear ...

Again trying to overcome the bright light without darkening the shadows beyond detail. Again any comments or suggestions are appreciated. f/4 1/100sec ISO 100 focal length 4mm f/4 1/80 sec I...

Very well laid out composition with gorgeous colouring. Perhaps bringing up the brightness on the clock face would help strengthen its position in the composition, but then again you might not want i...

EdMak Wrote: (Mar 12, 2014, 04:39) -- Excellent, what did you do. Ed. -- oops exposure 1/1250 @ f/8.0 focal length 7.82mm ISO 200 The original image was flat and soft due to the lighting whic...

Just a few attempts at doing buildings. Any thoughts or comments are welcomed as always.

I am always amazed at beauty we (or at least me) take for granted in our every day lives.

tried my hand at some minor processing - just wondering if it works. All thoughts and comments are appreciated as always. Thank you in advance. Turtle Pond on a Lazy Hazy Winter's Day

Thank you both Jeff and Barbara for your very kind words.

Thank everyone for the comments and kind words.

Sorry about that first post. Shot this photo late afternoon with Sun behind cloud cover but still his colour shone. Thought I would share. Camera Canon PowerShot SX50 HS Exposure 0.01 sec ...

Shot this late afternoon with the sun behind cloud cover, and still his colours shone. Unfortunately he was shy so this was the cleanest shot I could get.

Wall-E Wrote: (Mar 10, 2014, 11:41) -- Jim F Wrote: (Mar 8, 2014, 07:52) -- kNox Wrote: (Mar 7, 2014, 00:20) -- I like the photos, they're really nice - do you know why they're not as sharp as your...

I just recently bought a Tiffen 67mm variable ND filter of which I am now trying to learn to use. I received this reply on one of my posts and my response, and thought that maybe here would be the pla...