This has grown on me since I first saw it, probably because in retrospect I agree with the comments already made here.

Thanks Stuey - it ruined a few of mine on the day as well

G'day & welcome Jo - you're probably experiencing more a case of 'not better or worse - just different'.

The first is a pleasant landscape, given the valley draws your eye into the picture. The weather has made the shots quite atmoshperic (along with the blaze of colour from the rhododendrons).

Thanks Tim & Don - this was at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne.

The last three are just magic. Well done, and if they were accepted into PPG, that's well deserved IMO.

Cheers - and delete reference to vibrance: it was clarity that was adjusted in LR3. It's been a looong week...

Ken,

Off-chance, checked the battery connectors to ensure they are in place and clean? If they were dodgy, you may not have had the right voltage supplied to your gear? Either that or one of your batteries may be faulty / on the way out?

This had potential IMO, so I had a play with this in order to do the following:

Straighten; brighten midtones; raise black point; adjust curves, vibrance and contrast; add vignette; minor crop.

I'd have loved to see all of his hands and the chanter! (Is that what the bottom flute-like piece is called?)

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Hope you don't mind - happy to delete if you wish of course.

I'll try reading carefully next time - sorry James! Wow that is a big printer too. I can understand why you would be concerned about running costs - you'd chew through some ink covering an A2 page.