Dear Leonard and Geo,

Thanks ever so much for your input. I can safely say that you definitely have given me some pointers as to how to increase dramatic effect in my photograph. I must say I feel quite honoured that you chaps have gone to this trouble, and have learnt from you both. Mastering Capture NX is something I have yet to do, having received it free with my D300. It certainly seems that the control points will be very useful.

I'm not sure about removing the wind turbines. I know these are controversial, but in a sense create a link with the location at Formby (for better or worse) which I think is important. I will have a go myself using the tips you have given, and show you my efforts when I have finished.

Thanks again.

Simon.

Hi Simon,

Glad to have helped a bit! I learned a lot as well from George, and learned about yet another piece of advanced software. I agree, Simon: the turbines are a part of the place and ought to be kept. And George: I LOVE Niksharpen! Nik sells a complete suite of their goodies for some $500 (which I'm not ready to buy), but I'm going to contact Nik to see how their stuff fits in with a CS2/Olympus setup. They made no mention of their software being either Nikon-specific or RAW-specific.

Cheers,

Leonard