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tyro (2660) 2009-10-14 10:48

Hello, Marion.

Mmmmmm. Yes, something up with the GPS software here, I agree! I like your sense of humour.

Now to get to something more serious. I just noticed this picture a few minutes ago and then I had a very quick look at your gallery. Now, I cannot by any means claim to be anything other than a very amateur photographer (hence my username "tyro"), but I am disappointed that you have uploaded 37 photographs and yet they have attracted very little attention. I'm not a great believer in the "points" system, but 17 points is not great for that number of pictures.

So, what can we do? I think some of your pictures lack a bit of "punch" and some look a tad washed-out, if you know what I mean. I'm not sure what photo editing software you have but I presume you at least have some that came with your camera(s).

I usually use Photoshop Elements 6 which I bought a couple of years ago for about £60 or so. I also have Photoshop Elements 2 which came with my camera and that is almost as good although it doesn't have some features which the later version has.

I hope you don't mind, but I've done a simple quick workshop for you to try to give this picture a little added "punch" and interest. Because the picture was less than 800 pixels in any dimension, I also added a simple frame though that, of course, is optional. Details with the workshop.

Anyway, Marion, these are just some simple points which I thought I should make. Again, I hope you're not offended by them but I'd love to see your pictures attracting a lot more interest and some enthusiastic critiques!

Kindest Regards,

John.

P.S. Doing a few "critiques" on others' pictures also helps to get yourself noticed!