Nico - Thanks for the comment and I'm glad you like the clouds. I have to say that I never advised her not to climb, rather I probably influenced her TO climb, as I was a climber when she started. She just got so much better than me that the climbs she did scared ME. She just had to have shoulder surgery and probably won't climb for a long time, if ever again. "B^l.. -mikey
As a father of two sons, I can totally relate to your parenting advice, Michael :-)
Excellent work on the clouds... and thanks for the advice Lonnit. (It is also an aspect I do not pay enough attention to in my own photography and thus I appreciate seeing again the huge difference this can make.) ~jnconradie
That makes the image so much more comfortable. If you want to get picky, you can darken it a bit to better match the blue in the tree, but even if you don't, what you've done is a big improvement. Looks good. :) ~ Lonnit
Thanks for the comment, Lonnit. I'm no-way an ace with PS ... took another pic from the series and tried 'Filter>Render>Clouds' to fix the Xtremely blown-out sky. How's that look? -mikey