I know what you man Darkmunk. It is really nice, the water droplets are well captured and yet somehow the composition doesn't work.

At least you are getting breaks in the rain - it has rained all day here

I realised that the lighting circumstances were different, Pierro, but since you are using a tripod and remote why not go for the lower ISO and a longer exposure for a static object? It's always best to go for the lowest ISO you can.

They look sharp to me - the other one looked soft, not out of focus. The lower ISO will have helped too.

Elements doesn't allow you to assign printer profiles. It is recommended that you allow the printer manage the colours - it is one of the options in the print dialogue.

Is this photo a crop? I assume it is from the strange dimensions of it. What is the Exif?

I too hope we can settle back into our usual good natured, helpful banter.

I too went a bit far in this discussion, for which I too apologise.

I hope it hasn't put too many people off the forum, especially newbies.

I suspect we would be banned there a lot faster than it took for him to be banned here.
I hope he and his new forum members enjoy their forum wherever it is. I have no desire to meet up with him again.

Cloudhunter:

The forum is not John's forum It belongs to the publishers of the Pentax User Magazine. John is a moderator on this forum, and does an excellent job.

I am nobody's crony. I just do not like unfairness or injustice and you sir are not being fair or just in the way you behave on this forum.

I realise, as does George, there are many people who for whom English is a second language (one of whom is George's so called crony Malo btw) and I realise that many people have a poor grasp of their mother tongue. never the less these people are capable of writing perfectly understandable posts and of not insulting various members along the way.

How dare you call anyone on this forum filth! If this was my forum you would be banned for that.

I agree number one is the better photo, though number two had the potential to be a great picture if you'd concentrated on the three in a row on the left.

Thanks for the tip Dan. I saw the some toadstools in our woods today and was thinking of trying some shots. It's rained off and on ever since though I shall see if they are still there tomorrow.

Absolutely a matter of taste Martin. It's got us talking about it, in a civilised manner , so it can't be a bad thing