Glad to help! I made a mistake in my reply. The Nik sharpening plugin is called Sharpener Pro 3. Dfine is the noise reduction plugin. I have the whole Nik Photoshop bundle. I won half of them in a contest! I also highly recommend Topaz Adjust and use it on many of my images to make them “pop”. Otherwise I use Nik Color Efex 4. Topaz is much cheaper though and I use it more. <http://www.topazlabs.com/adjust/> http://www.topazlabs.com/adjust/ I used it on all the images in this gallery from the lock and dam area in Columbus. http://southernexposure.zenfolio.com/waterbirds The pond was almost dry last August and a large number of wading birds flew in and were catching the trapped fish. A week or so after these photos it was completely dry. Judy Howle Southern Exposures http://southernexposure.zenfolio.com Digital Photography Class; Resources for Photographers http://digitalphotographyclass.net From: missbirdphotos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:missbirdphotos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Larry Pace Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 4:01 PM To: missbirdphotos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [missbirdphotos] Re: intro Very helpful judy. Now with yours and all of the great info that has been provided, with practice, maybe i will see an improvement in my photos. Thanks a bunch to all of you for your help. Larry