Time for Truth (Reuters Photo)

[PuckJunkey]

Couldn't let this opportunity go by. What an awesome shot... sorry to dial-up users if it's slow.

[gahspidy]

Thanks for posting and sharing this. This is a very "timely" piece, no pun intended. (well maybe a bit) Although it is not really my cup of tea, I do appreciate the detail captured in this great huge structure ( Big Ben?)

By the wayPuckJunky, I usually find your comments and critiques very insightful and helpful and more often than not your advice is right on target.
I know you must have a treasure of great photos and images in your collection of work and hope to see you post a few sometime

[PuckJunkey]

Thank you for the kind words.

It makes me glad to know some of my comments help others to improve their images. The biggest reason I post here is because in recent times I've had only limited shooting opportunties (due to "day job" constraints and other pressing matters). I feel like if I can't be out there shooting all the time and honing my technique (what I hope to start doing again this year), that it's best to help others improve theirs.

I know that this is a tough business to break into, so anything I can do to help others with the same interests and goals, is a worthwhile endeavor. What's more, I see many elements of my own style in many of the photos shown in this forum. I see things "like what I would shoot", and it helps me to see my own style through another perspective... so in a way I am helping myself too.

Once I have the opporunity to get a regular shooting schedule into the mix, I will certainly post some images here. What I want to avoid is posting a photo once a week and sort of be "on again, off again" with my intensity / how I approach it. I want to dive in once I start up again and really get a creative workflow going where I can frequently bounce ideas off you guys and go right back out and try to improve on whatever it was that I shot.

For now though I am just happy to have Photoshop work flowing across my desk, as it pays the bills (or some of them anyway).