I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer on a good day, but I don't know why your pics would offend anyone. I got a kick out of them.

The cat is adorable trying to hide with that mile long shadow giving him away. And the staff meeting looks like a staph (as in staphylococcus ) meeting. I had to get out my dictionary for that one. lol.

Is it my monitor, my eyes, or is the top of the boys' hair a dark blue? I do like how you got the bright spot out. Much better.

Mattie looks so happy. Makes me want to hug her. she's the cats meow. Great shot. very sharp & clear.

The second one is my fave. Makes me want to go inside & explore. Very sharp & well composed.

Oops, forgot to put in the edited one on browse.

Love the little buggers but you're right; they don't pose for you. I took the liberty of taking the exposure down a few notches, added some saturation, cropped, then sharpened a little.Better, but still not quite right. You might try getting him(or her) in early morning or late afternoon, & make sure the light is on all of the bees' body. Also get as close as possible. This is one I took on a cloudy day. Sometimes clouds work better than sunlight.

1/800 800 iso 5.7aperture

I like #1,2,& 3, however, # 4 looks as if I'm wearing someones prescription glasses (not mine) That is just the way it looks to me. To each his own. All that really matters is how it looks to you & the pleasure you derive from it.

I will check that out. I may be missing out on something worthwhile. If it comes with a free 30 day trial I may want to look into it;if not I don't want to buy something I'm not capable of using. I tried Gimp for a couple of weeks but then I said to h--- with it & un-installed it.

Thank you Freddie. It was very cloudy on the day I got the Green Heron shot. Iused every mode & setting the camera has & that one was actually the best of about 40 shots. One problem, I think, is the reflection from the alga & green scum on the pond. It produces a strong glare. The bird, however, was in the shade. It was about 15 feet or there about, so fill flash wasn't an option. I get better shots in any other location. I am considering a used dslr & lens, maybe from Adorama. Have any experience with used or refurbished? This one was taken in a park (no green scum) Notice a difference?

You must be wearing some Heron Magic perfume. They don't want me to even get a 2sec. glimpse.

Know what you mean. I can do cropping, lighten, darken, & make adjustments with histogram slide,& sharpen with my camera software, but it doesn't do magic. For the price of PS I think I would do better to just up grade my camera.

What camera & lens were you using for this shot? How far in feet were you at the time? These birds are so elusive where I live. They can sense me from a mile away it seems. BTW this is a fantastic shot: very sharp.

When I got this shot it was very heavy cloudy, trying to rain on my parade, sos to speak. I used 400 iso with 1/400 ss. & 80 iso with 1/80 ss. & everything else, including ss. mode, aperture mode, p mode, even auto mode but this was as clear as I could get it. I'm thinking about getting a dslr in Canon or Nikon & a 400mm. lens & shoot in Raw & see what happens.

You have a good shot of a Great Blue, at least I think it's a Great Blue. They are very shy birds & not very cooperative. I have managed to get a few of them, but none have turned out as sharp as I would like.Maybe I should get a dslr & a 500mm. lens. Seems like all the really good shots are taken with some hi-dollar cameras. Like seeing good wildlife pics. Keep posting. This is one I took but couldn't seem to fix.