Olympic Sunset

This looks like a painting....very beautiful!

Thanks for your comment on my ducks. The photo was taken beginning of july (this year) Since i am a member here for a few weeks ,i couldnt post them :) Greetings!

These birds seem to popping up a fair bit. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2990139

If I am correct in thinking this is PS it's disappointing that you've resorted to this. You've obvious talent without having to fake in birds

This one is real. But you are correct, I have used PS. Personally, I prefer images which are not altered; however, I was going thru a phase where I was trying to learn PS techniques and I did post some of them. I think you do need to realize that many of the top TRP images are altered by people who have far better PS skills than myself. Its all part of the learning process and there are clearly many different points of view about the use of PS and what constitutes art.

The other image is clearly PS'd but note the mirrored reflection of the ducks in the water. I have been using PS for years to create unmanipulated images; using it for contrast, colour balance, saturation, cropping, sharpening, noise reduction only. I just started learning how to use layers. The ducks over the pond image was done without layers.