im a little new to the photoshop end of things so if it could be dumbed down a bit that would be great lol! if not, im still enjoying reading all the replies lol. the guy who took those shots is a pro here in winnipeg canada and is VERY self absorbed. he started a forum much like TP (no where near the size though) which was great, its good for the city, gets shooters together, etc but he will let you know, everytime, that its "his" photo community. even on his website, you can read more than a handfull of times, "in my photo community i started..... blah blah blah". i was kicked out of that forum because i was meeting up with 2-3 other members randomly and going out shooting. it wasnt brought to his attention that these meets were going on and he should have been notified because technically it was through "his" forum. he also boasts about having over 3000 members, id say half of these "members" dont exist.