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"If anything I think this little princess's skin is slightly blownout. Easily fixed in Photoshop by copying the layer, chqanging the blend mode to multiply then reducing the opacity You could also creat a "hide all" mask and …"

"This photograph has a strong meaning, I love the effect of the fog. I think that the lamp post would be better in the right third, because then you would see more of the picture and still have that light post-lonely chair feeling, and still see some…"

"I will try to increase the fog  maybe it will de-emphasize the bath house"

"Larry, If I moved it to the left third it would compete with the bath house,"

"It looks odd with the lamp post directly in the middle."

"Too much sky on the right?"

"This photo conveys a very strong feeling. The lampost and the chair form a unity. But building doesn't seem to belong. Perhaps the image would improve if you crop it close to the lampost and somehow get rid of the building. Gustavo J. Mata"

"I feel that every shot can benefit from some digital lab work.  I also shoot in raw always. Most of the time I set my D80 to aperture priority. Great masters like Ansel Adams were magicians in the lab. PhotoShop is today's lab. I do all…"

"Ansel Adams once said that the picture is like a musical score and the "lab" work the performance. In order to create a memorable performance you need a good score.  Wonderful metaphor"

"Why didnt you straighten the horizon?"

"I have an 11 x 8 Wacom Graphire and while it took a while to get confortable with, I know use it alot in wditing with photoshop. Looking at the screen while you moce the stylus on the tablet is kinda tricky, but once you get the hang of it…"

"I also fail to see why I need to pay $200 for essentially what Photoshop does with 1000X the power"

"If you are using PhotoShop then Bridge works great. Just add tags and you can sort, srarch and easily find your photos"