PPG loves me again.

I just noticed my "Xerophyte in green" picture has been accepted.

Hardly surprising it's a cracking shot. The first time I saw it here I was stunned by it.

Mike

I agree, it's stunning!!!!!!!

Congratulations it's an amazing shot.

Congrats Martin, well deserved.

Very nice pic ... well done

Yep , great shot Martin

Very well done Martin, cracking shot, love the whole set.

ali

Ahhh GORGEOUS!

One of the very few different nature photographs i've been voting on!
Absolutely splendid, I am glad that my vote helped it to get accepted!

Now PLEASE vote for some of mine... you recognise them cause they are the mediocre ugly pics that come up every now and then!!!!

Nathan

Martin, that is a cracking shot. I might be wrong but I have some of those in my back garden and I never noticed it enough to consider taking a shot at it . I guess it takes an artistic eye to visualise it and extract beauty out of it .
That turned out to be really great, love it and fully deserved to be in the gallery, congratulations

Well deserved, great shot! I have a minor niggle, though. Seems to me that there is an artificial vignetting added which is rhombic in shape. Is that true or am I betrayed by my weird brain again?

I hadn't seen that water flower shot before. That is sooooo stunning.
This is a bloody marvellous collection you have there.

Prieni

Not a vignette, but In LR 2 you now have the option to apply local adjustments using a brush or a graduated filter.
This I used to darken the corners and mask off some ugly bits of the pot, in which the subject was planted.

Martin, I can see why many members here consider you a genius with image editor softwares , you really work out magic with it, just looking at the images in your PF and the PPG says it all. Of course the image has to be stunning to begin with but definitely the enhancements you work on them gives that extra punch to them.

Wouldn't mind having you as a tutor for my PS lessons .
I might start bugging you with requests for help on images when I come across, definitely my PS skills could do with a bit of extra help.
I know there is plenty of help around the net and I do use it frequently, but having someone like you with your skills giving a direct and personal input is always much more helpful

Congratulations, Martin, well deserved!

Well done Martin. As has already been said, its a stunning photograph.
david