well I was in no danger of winning, but I feel for you. That image stood a better chance than mine.
there's always next time!

You Brits with your whacky cooking....
save the basil and olive oil for pasta....
now pouring Baily's, Kaluha, or Galliano over icecream....
WOO HOO!
(ever try a Kaluha soaked ice cream sandwich or oereo ice cream?)javascript:emoticon('')

my compliment to JR was well intended, my humor apparentlty lost on some, but my logic is sound.
photoshop can fix mistakes, but as a pro, I cannot justify billing a client extra to fix mistakes, that could've been done properly in camera...that was the point of my post.
sorry if I offended anybody.

to each his own.
photoshop won't recover lost highlights....
or lost detial in solid blacks.

nobody who bills/gets paid by the hour can justify the time involved in fixing mistakes vs the time involved in doing it right.

if you think otherwise, your customers will soon be mine...

Jr you are my hero.
I don't give a damn what format you shoot. Photoshop is for taking great shots and making them better than great.
It is not for fixing screw-ups.
Get it right in camera, or go home.

ok here's the truth...
there's two ways to do this.

one involves ziploc freezer baggies, & taping/velcroing a Hotshot )or other brand) chemical handwarmer to the battery compartment, while shooting, Then you throw the sucker into a freezer baggie and suck out the air BEFORE bringing the camera inside. good for extended outdoor use. once your camera is cold, keep it cold till the shoot's done, no "in and out" to warm it up..condensation is your real enemy, not cold.

the other is to keep the camera in a hip pak under your jacket, take your gloves off, pull your camera out, fire your shot and put everything away before your hands get too cold. keep dessicant packs in your bag. get the shot and put it away before anything gets cold, and leave it somwhere warm and dry afterwards.

use everything on manual.I don't know how hard the cold really is on the lcd's, af motors, lubricants etc. (could be shortening the life of my equipment...)
but it does affect battery power and if mechanical things get to stiffening up, don't push your luck...everything breaks easier when frozen.

I have a parka that I bought two sizes too big, just so I could wear it over some camera gear.....

So cold some mornings I can see my nipples poking through my parka...

It looks to me like your skating rink has defrosted...how do you keep your beer cold down there? Who's your electrician? Dr Kervorkian?

nope, just press the button down, and slide your finger off the button, allowing it to "snap" back.

think we should rub it in about the little trick that involves snapping the lens release button while turning the lens to jar the pin loose from the af screw with out actuallt damaging anything?