That's what I thought. What I would like to see is the original, no cropping, with the spot cloned out.

I looked a couple of times but I do not see it. All I see is the original and the "panoramic" version of it. Did you post the original size with just the dark spot cloned out?

By the way, I forgot to mention how beautiful the shot is. I LOVE fog and cloudy, overcast days.

I liked the composition of the first photo more. Just clone out the dark spot at the bottom and post it. Let's see the difference.

I bought it a few years ago and it overdoes editing. I don't use it anymore.

You can get much better results if you calibrate your monitor. I certainly do.

I use the ColorMunki Photo and the ColorMunki Display. The ColorMunki Photo is capable of calibrating your monitor and the paper you print on!

The CM Display is strictly for calibrating your Monitor and is under $200. The CM Photo is between $400-$500.

CM Display works as well, or maybe better than the CM Photo and it is the least expensive way to go. But if you want the complete package, ColorMunki Photo will calibrate all of your photo paper and that will help you even more in getting the results you want.

I have had the CM Photo for a couple of years and it works great but I recently read that CM Display was better, so I ordered that last week. I see very little difference, if any, in what my monitor looks like after calibrating with both. But if you have photos that have a very wide range of color (out of the typical gamut?), the CM Display is supposed to be better.

I purchased the CM Display on ebay for $144. That is quite a deal!

Thanks so much. It was there and all I had to do was shoot it ;) I have been back since to try to capture it again, but the lily pads have been tiny and in the shadows.

Thanks Archy!

Testing out the image as seen on my calibrated monitor as well as image saved for the Web.

I took this picture a few years ago at Gardens of The World in Thousand Oaks. Very little editing. It really looked like this, with the light dancing around each of the pads and the water moving. When I saw this in the Japanese Garden I thought what a beautiful "Monet"

Thanks Wizz!

I was at Gardens of the World in Thousand Oaks, Ca. a few years ago and came across this spectacular scene in the Japanese Garden. It looked like a Monet! Each lily pad was illuminated by a ring of light from the sun. I did very little editing, possibly a bit of saturation, but that was about it. If you look closely you can see that the water is in motion as a result of a small waterfall. I often look at this picture to get re-inspired! Wendy