I am "learning as I go", mostly from you people on the forum. Have gotten good advice on adjustment layers/blending (Thanks Bruce), histograms, sharpening, etc. I will have to admit I am still not using all of these all the time due to time restrictions. I would like to get these Amazon photos shown before the new season rolls around, which means I cannot spend the time I would like. I bought a nice book on Photoshop CS2 that I am going through as well.
I will go back and further refine these techniques I have been shown so that I can fine-tune (well, basically reprocessing from scratch), those I deem worthy enough for a photobook. By then I hope to have become very familiar with all the different techniques given.
I appreciate the the help and please never hesitate to comment/criticize...you won't hurt my feelings (much).
This next season my goal is to work on better lighting and expand my range of comfort of ISO/aperture ranges. I am getting a good tripod and will experiment with natural light shots, as well as improving my flash shots. Wanted to take some shots with a tripod last year, but I counted 2 days last summer without a breeze of some sort. Doesn't do much good to keep the camera still if the subject is moving.
Guys, that is another treehopper believe it or not. The catepiller has the most amazing pattern IMO...well done on that one Ken. Very good DOF & focus on the third Bug
Take Nothing but Pictures--Leave Nothing but Footprints.
Doug Breda