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Here is the straightened and cropped image.  I also adjusted shadows and highlights slightly.

Kenneth,  don't know how to upload the cropped image here, so I will upload it in my gallery.

Thanks Richard, for the comment.  Kenneth, I was thinking about rule of thirds when I first shot this picture, but I tried what you suggested and I see that is it is better.  Thanks.

Tony - thanks for the crop.  When I shot this picture I was thinking about a sense of place - a sandy beach with an inviting picnic table, and the touches of color on the right in contrast to the reds in the boat on the left.  But I see that maybe I was trying to capture too much, and that really what I saw that caught my eye was the dramatic sky.

Love the energy.  Beautiful image.

I love it, Tony.  The enhancement is not over-done in my opinion.  Yes, makes me want to go there.  

Great angle, and the clouds give it energy.  Really nice, Tony.

I like this a lot.

Great shot, Tony.  Yes, I can feel the cold, but also the kiss of sunshine on my cheek.

What can I say - just lovely, but then I am partial to birds.  The slight lack of focus is in no way a distraction.  This image almost looks like a painting.  The soft lighting with a hint of lavender in the feathers is nice.  Such talent, Gail!

So lovely, Gail!  I love the butterfly and the warm colors are hinting at the coming spring.

I love the action in this picture and the Yellow-headed Blackbirds are so striking, along with the flash of red on the Red-winged Blackbird in the upper right corner.

I love trying to catch birds with my camera - always a challenge.  This image was shot in low light without a tripod (I hate carrying the thing around with me).  The only thing I did in Photoshop was adjust shadows and highlights.

I like this one a lot.  Beautiful portrait.

Lovely composition.

I love clouds too.  This speaks to me.  Energy, mystery, power.  Wonderful shot.

Lovely detail!  I like the contrast.

This area of the Sierra/Nevada I have been to numerous times.  It is just south of Lake Tahoe, off HWY 80.  Yes, I live close enough to get over the Sierras at least once a year.  I am relishing the adventure of shooting nearly all my pics in manual mode.

I live about 400 miles away from this lovely desert.  It was about 70 degrees mid morning.  The nights were down in the upper 30s at that time in mid October.  I did a solo drive down HWY 395 looking for and shooting fall colors.