Amstel larger is not so bad , the stuff they make here in Greece is ok it must be drunk ice cold though.
I have'nt had the Dutch stuff since the mid 70's in Amsterdam and I don't remember much about that ..jeff..

It must be similar to the old artillery and mapmakers trick , of putting your thumbs and forefingers together and squinting through the tiny diamond shaped hole at a distant object.
It work really well in bright sunlight and you want to see something on a distant hillside ...jeff...

I just can't get the image of Smeggy out of my head, sat in the back of a car bombing up or was it down the M whatever, with a bit of blue gel gafferd over his face it's made my day ... I must try it . jeff....

I like it, some nice colours . IMHO I'd prefer a bit more foreground or on the other hand maybe see the shot in landscape , one small thing if you can correct the slant of the horizon... When you say portfolio do you mean hard copy ie prints in a"portfolio" or in a digital format ie disc ,card ,or usb stick ?
If it's the former then you can buy a portfolio from an art shop or stationers they come all sizes from A4 upwards.
hope this helps ..jeff...

' Bona Hurricane' eh ..jeff...

Yes I agree Smegg , I don't have a problem expressing an opinion about any art form.
But the PPG thing is about the technical mastery of a Camera and software is'nt it ? Something that I am not predominately interested in or good at
Also the actual voting method is a bit odd just thumbs up or thumbs down,not really up to" a varied emotional response " as you put it . Unless one was voting for or against well .. a housebrick ..... jeff....

Not so bad then , the roads (or rather the lack of them)and the extremes in temperature around here trash tyres. I think the pair I just replaced are three years old ,bought for the one before last MOT or rather the greek version ,only every two years ...jeff...

yes me to ,I just bought two AT tyres for the 4x4 mazda from my local garage in the village 220 euros , I thought that was OK ...jeff..

So am I alone in thinking it odd that anyone can sign in and vote for or against photos .... I had always assumed that only people that had work in the gallery could vote .... jeff

I found out by accident the other the other day that you don't have to submit or get a photo approved by PPG to vote on other peoples work, I was just curious as to how the process worked and signed up, username, password etc and I was just browsing around the gallery and then I clicked on something like "Vote on photos " and there they where I was given the choice to vote on them
So then I quickly logged out ,I don't feel I am qualified to judge other folks work . It's an odd site it looks like someone sent a lot of time and money to try and make it non intuitive ..jeff...