Evening Does

[Ron Kruger]

I couldn't figure out what I had done to the Does in a Field shot in PS, so I downloaded it again from my camera, and the original looked flat. Normally I would just trash such a shot, but I'm experimenting with PSE 7 and LR 2.2 to determine which to buy, and this was a good candidate for fixing. I might have overfixed it.
In the meantime, I have emailed one of the editors that probably uses more of my stuff than any and asked him if the quality of my shots are as good as they were previously to make sure my camera is still preforming properly, or if I'm doing something wrong.
As we all know, there is a difference in monitors as well. I also emailed the CC lady to see if those recent images looked all right on the customer's home monitor. (They've already sent some of my recent shots off to be enlarged to poster sizes for the walls of their business.)
My wife, who occasionally takes my images to work and shares them with her co-workers says they look great on their monitors, and that everyone tells her they are the best shots they've seen. But none of them are experienced or ciritical photographers, and certianly not photo editors.
I'm going to all this trouble because although I've been selling photographs for over 30 years, I've only been shooting digital for 8 months or so, and I'm finding out that the technology is much more complicated than the days of slides, and that communications between operating systems and software packages is what makes it so complicated. I'm on a learning curve here, and I've already determined there are a lot of people on this site that know a great deal about all this, and I want to assure you all that I really appreciate the feedback.
Please keep in mind that because of my concerns over piracy (whether warranted or not), I'm not posting my best shots here. Have you all noticed a problem with my other shots? Or just these?

[Loupey]

...Please keep in mind that because of my concerns over piracy (whether warranted or not), I'm not posting my best shots here. Have you all noticed a problem with my other shots? Or just these?

While I can understand your concern, I wish you did. At least at a smaller, lower resolution or highly water-marked. Speaking for myself, I don't want to give out advice on "second rate" shots.

Difficult for anyone to know how to help you if you don't show us what you already know.


EDIT: Ron, I hope the above doesn't come across harshly. But it seems to me rather odd for someone to be holding back yet asking for advice. I think you'll agree that we are all very open and helpful here.