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My post was fairly short. You should of quoted it as is. The major point of my post is that IMHO sky in not the major part of the photo, and OP did nothing with the land of this image. I think that ...

Only you know (if you still remember) how this reality looked like at the moment of taking photo. And nobody else can.

no, I do not like this kind of retouching. You put a lot of attention to the sky, maybe you even replaced it. But my attention focused toward the lend, and I have not find improvements in this area ...

There is nothing left to save. Take it easy, and take another shot. Cheers

I should of mention that I previously had free version installed, and I've paid extra $20 for Total Security with 3 additional devices to install on. It was a promotional offer by email, and I ...

Bitdefender Total Security.

I have received this offer too. My thoughts: Do i really need these 175 extra skies? I already have 12 Ocudrone skies and many many others. I can not only select particular part of the sky, (any ...

Placed 28^th in the challenge. This is a well known photographer's attraction, so everyone can verify fidelity of the image

You're correct with your assumptions, and you're wrong with your conclusions. RAW is not a image, RAW is a data file. Software inside the camera interprets the data into image (JPG i think).  You ...

of course... Correction in camera and correction during PP are not the same thing. Also, now everybody shoots RAW, and once manufacturer keeps an option to take JEPGs, it has to provide camera ...

Olympus body needs Oly lenses to register and to perform electronically optical correction.

I disagree with ON1: cat with such an eyes cannot be recognized as an animal, he is an alien from a different planet. Annie, just do not use that particular photo of your cat. Use another one with ...

I think that you forgot to include the cost of wipers and oil change. :-P

Free? Yes! Best? No! Chasing BEST is like chasing a lost time

Decades ago, during film Era, there were special sorts of photo papers with  textured surface on the photo sensitive side. These papers supposed to reduce image contrast.

If you understand that RAW file is a data file and not a image file, redemption is possible. If you understand that you can simultaneously develop the same RAW file with 3 different RAW developers, ...

You have made a very good observation. Let me add just a tiny bit: many here do not remember thar words IMAGE and IMAGINATION are close relatives. The way we see and interpret the same image can be ...

your gravitation toward a realism is your style