Heather

wonderful, made up for me not being able to go out and see some fireworks both my doggies are frightened of them so have to stay at home with the telly on loud ;)

some really great images again this week, but for me there is one image that i kept returning to again and again i love the composition and the light in it. Its a very well thought out and poignant image that provoked a really emotional response for me, and for others that viewed it, so it would seem. for me its probably one of the best pictures ive ever seen to represent Armistice day and everything that the day is about so for all these reasons POTW this week goes to Annies "they will be remembered" congratulations Annie the original thread can be found

hope everything goes smoothly for you all have a great day :)

welcome to both the forum and the digital age Dan :)

well done charlie congratulations !

hi Ian welcome back to the forum :)

ok kobione but if you need me to help shout and i will do what i can :)

kobione what kind of collage are you talking ? i know how to take an image and create a bigger canvas around it and then paste other images onto that ... is that the kind of thing your talking about ?

you jammy bugga !! those look fun

great choice Annie well done Blackwolf ..well deserved :)

Brilliant !

well hello Annie

i wouldnt change a thing Colin personally

wow some of these images are strong stuff indeed, brought a lump to my throat have to say there are some seriously talented photographers in the armed forces

as Phil said the picture has a lovely symmetry about it but dont know that i would pay that kind of money for it !! Colin i seriously love your image though, i could look at that for hours... looks like the blue ( sea?) is moving towards you if you watch it for long enough, and i love the luminosity

congratulations Colin and a great choice Richard. as i said on the thread, its rare these days that someone goes the extra mile to help a fellow human being in need and this POTW i think goes a little way to acknowledging the RNLI for what they did :)

well done Leon

Fuji, any chance you could do a little something to explain what you mean when you say about using brushes and layers ? i understand what a layer is but i dont think ive ever used brushes at all for anything

thanks Phil, i really appreciate you doing this, as the only way i knew of doing it was to select the area i wanted to keep in focus and then select inverse before using the gaussian blur tool. This works fine with a very clear line but wouldnt have worked at all well with any complicated shapes Gonna save this to use next time i need it :)

lovely shots, i particularly like the castle one !

how lucky are you to be able to do that and those pictures are amazing ! nice to "see" you too John !

well i personally think thats well out of order that they didnt bother to tell you, when your doing them such a large favour.

curtains

gloom

Hiya Rick and welcome back :)