Thank you. I'm sure there are many ways to do this. Mine is a little more "seat of the pants" that, I find, gives me the most creative options: Most of my images are 8x10, 11x14 or 16x20. 1) I set the crop tool but do not tell it what size. This allows me the most freedom.. 2) crop closest to my liking. 3) copy the image & then give it a name & close it. 4)Go to "file" new" & make it 11x4 white. 5) paste the copied image onto the white rectangle. 6) reduce the opacity so you can see the white rectangle underneath. 7) fine-tune the crop by 8) Edit>free transform OR instead of free transform use "content aware scale". This will keep all of the "picture" in the 11x14 rectangle underneath the image layer. 9) Double click. 10) layer>flatten. I then use Genuine Fractals to resize "high detail" . Sounds much more complicated than it is . Gives you the maximum "perfect 11x14" that contains as much of the original image as you like in the format & size you want.

Well done! I also love the B&W. I'm looking for a small camera that will give me very good B&W out of the camera and I wonder if your images looked like this out of the camera or you post processed them. Either way - beautiful and worthy of the title "street".

You could try to apply the Ashampoo hdr to a layer and then adjust the opacity and/or mask & brush away areas to reduce the effect. You can give the final image your personal touch.

Sorry this is off subject, but I have a D200 that I would like converted to B&W IR. Can you tell me where you had yours converted? Thanks.

Yes. I tried the 3 options to save (optimize-which was the default and the other 2) And it did save in progressive once but then didn't.

I have been using Photoshop CS6 for years. Lately, when I work on an image (Jpeg) and then save it to the desktop instead of the image on the desktop I see a white rectangle with the upper right corner folded over (like it's a piece of paper). If I drag the "paper"back into CS6 it doesn't open & I see a message that it cannot be opened because it's the wrong kind of image. If I check the properties it's a "file" not a Jpeg. However, if I drag it into Paintshop X6 it opens perfectly. I then save as a Jpeg I do see it as a picture on my desktop. What's UP???????? Thanks!

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All of the above comments are true. I think that today "good enough" is good enough for most. After all we pros can't make phone calls with our pro equipment.

Thanks.

Thank you. I do use the steps DirtFamer suggests. The problem is that once an image is opened in Paintshop it will automatically open all following images in Paintshop even though Windows Viewer is highlighted as the default in the Viewer.

I primarily use Photoshop but occasionally Paintshop Pro 6. Whenever I use Paintshop and then attempt to open a desktop image in my regular viewer (Windows (7) Image Viewer) the image opens in Paintshop. I then have to close the image, go to "open with" and click on "Windows Viewer" that is already my default to open the image in Viewer. Is there a way I can avoid these extra steps? Thank you.

A long time ago when I was learning photography a pro told me it's easy to take a good picture of a rose. But if I took the best picture ever of a cauliflower, it's still a cauliflower. Congratulations on your excellently done picture of the rose in #3.

I made a few adjustments (certainly not a critique) that my customers expect from me. I don't know how to show (upload) it to you.........

I figured it out.

I am a member of The Photographic Society of Phiiadelphia (1863). I exhibited a panorama of Boathouse Row that I entitled " The One Billionth Photograph of Boathouse Row" Welcome one billion and one! A beautiful image!

I really like the 2nd image!!! The only thing that bothers me is the shadows on the mat from the frame coming in 4 directions, not 2. I know, I'm nuts. Again - well done!