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A Full B&W and cropped as suggested even cloned out some distractions.... now I really like this ... used dodge to bring up the house a touch ... Hope you like and thank you for the suggestion
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Old 08-02-2009, 09:18 PM
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It looks great FoG, that's what this site is all about learning from the skills of other members. You were given some good advice by my great friend Beachcomber and it certainly worked here buddy. Nice job and great advice.

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Looks great to me.
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Excellent work! I like it a lot. Don't know what the original was like but this is very good.
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now I really like this

So do I, the picture looks fantastic.
What a difference those few small changes made, and what an excellent job you made of the changes, nice job FoG

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This looks really great. I love B&W shots.

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foreboding, not that that's a bad thing .. great work bud!
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Wow! I liked it before, but this really looks great! Good advice and well executed.
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It looks great FoG, that's what this site is all about learning from the skills of other members. You were given some good advice by my great friend Beachcomber and it certainly worked here buddy. Nice job and great advice.

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Thank you Dave he always giving first class advice so as was raining today decided to try it out I have Landscapes magazine now which is full of tips on improving the PP and the original print so will be practising lots I hope soon... Good luck at trotters whne you make it there it is a great place small but you get sooo close to the critters you can almost put them in yer bag on the way home lol

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Looks great to me.
Thank you !

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Excellent work! I like it a lot. Don't know what the original was like but this is very good.
The original is in this thread
http://digital-photography-school.co...rain-work.html

Feel free to check it out. Thank you for the kind comment

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now I really like this

So do I, the picture looks fantastic.
What a difference those few small changes made, and what an excellent job you made of the changes, nice job FoG

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Thank you Beach I now have this as my desktop background will be looking into getting some prints done I think as I have a few from here now that I am happy with thanks to this place

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This looks really great. I love B&W shots.

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Thank you and glad you like it !

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foreboding, not that that's a bad thing .. great work bud!
amazing what a little PP does as was in fact a bright suunny day with just fluffy clouds

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Wow! I liked it before, but this really looks great! Good advice and well executed.

Thank you so much ! Beach gives great advice I think he is in fact a font of all knowledge here great guy
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I like it better too. It always pays to listen to a master.
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