I am just wondering your opinion on the Creative Cloud for us Photoshop users. Personally I can't see paying a monthly fee to have constant upgrades. I am quite upset with Adobe does anyone else agree or is this just the way it is. I usually upgrade Photoshop every two years at $199.00 by now if I want any new upgrades it will cost me $480.00 every two years, without ever owning the product. P.S. At least with a cell phone plan you own the phone after a two or three year contract. Why would I pay Adobe for three years monthly fees and walk away with nothing when it comes to software. I would appreciate any thoughts on the matter.

I like the action of the last one, although the first is very sharp.

For me the crop, although they are both beautiful.

What software did you use to achieve such beautiful black and whites? I do love the photo, you should be proud of it.

Took this shot beside a large window in the late afternoon. I wanted to test my new method of water drops by mixing glycerine with equal parts water for a more stable water drop. I use a Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro lens with a full sensor body. I am quite pleased with the way the water drops held there stability. I got the lily from Safeway for 3 bucks, can't beat that!

No my cat killed it, and decided to take advantage of the free shot.

Using my Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro lens and a couple of extension tubes my Canon 5D Mark ll came up with this fun shot.

Yes I do, thank you for the correction. It is so confusing dealing with layers yet alone life.

Good question, my only advice for you would be to take the background photo first with flash, then do your long exposure of the stars for the second shot, using a tripod for both. Lower your ISO and blend the two shots together in Photoshop.

I am going to spend more time on my grammar and less time on my photos, you guys are a tough crowd. Thanks for the reply's.

My back up Canon 30D was in the basement, and he was turning around in shame from his theft as I got my last shot in.

After I retrieved my camera, I was able to take this shot, at least he was nice enough to hang around. Thanks for the reply.

Thanks for the reply, I use Photoshop for my editing.This time I tried using the channel mixer instead of the black and white adjustment layer. I think that I am more pleased with the results from this photo.

Fantastic how much editing did you do to achieve your beautiful black and white photos, I am sending you a photo that I recently took do you have any suggestions on how I can improve this shot, regards Markymark

Fantastic, how much editing did you do on these two shots, and where you using Photoshop, I have a hard time with black and whites. Here is my best effort do you have any suggestions on editing, regards markymark.