I'm a new member. Just joined. I'm an illustrator with an interest in manipulating photography. Here are a couple of examples:

The final
http://www.philpics.com/tank.focused/boa.jpg

The original
http://www.philpics.com/tank.focused/boa.1.jpg

and the other:

The final
http://www.philpics.com/tank.focused/thistle.jpg

The original
http://www.philpics.com/tank.focused/thistle.1.jpg

Looking forward to having some fun here...

Hi philwms,

if I haven't done it yet, welcome to RP!! :pleased:

Well, I love your retouched boa picture ... The shadows 'play' is enhancing it very much! :bigthmb:

...And your thistle is simply a dream!!! :bigthmb:

Very good job on adding the missing shadow in the boa image the end result is great picture.
the thistle picture you have made an image of interest from what was an otherwise mundane original, great job.

Thanks for the welcome and comments... :)