i would suggest the Great Smokey Mountians and Cherokee they are all together. and if you like to gamble the casino is there also.

Also check out Biltmore Estates. There is a lot of great photo ops in theses locations. As well as the outer banks.

i am running CS5 is Elements 10 better than what i have?

i have downloaded tony's luminosity masks that someone else on here directed me to, i now have alot of reading and practice to figure out how to use his actions. it to me seems very complicated so it will take a while for me to figure them out.

I think you are correct on this, if you notice the bird that is slightly out of frame is in focus and it is in front of the main bird in the photo. so i have to agree with you if picked up the rock in front of the bird causing the one behind to be out of focus. if you also notice the rock in the very front of the photo is slightly out of focus also.

His name is Marc Adamus his website is http://www.marcadamus.com/gallery.php?gallery=favorites
I have seen others with this similar look and i have always loved this
but being as new as i am to this type of thing i did not know how to go about replicating this look.

All you guys seem very knowledgeable about photography so i thought i would post a photo and see how you good folks would go about making a photo like this.

i understand about how to make the water look that way. But the way the colors pop is just awesome. I did not know if this is some how painted in or exactly how it is done.

I am interested in making my photos look like the one i am posting can this be done in photoshop or is it some other program that gives this look?

Hello everyone i am new to this forum but i would like to add my 2 cents. I would suggest upgrading to Lightroom for categorizing your images to me it is the easiest method for keeping all my photos organized.