Red dragonfly

On my monitor it looked ok,i never selected anything,i just globaly opened up the shadows as i felt it only needed a minor tweek but hey ho i suppose all our eye sights are different!:D

Terrible is a bit harsh. I just think you have just been a bit over enthusiastic with your corrections. Often I copy the image to another layer, slightly overdo the adjustments and then reduce the transparency until I get a suitable compromise.

The crop does look better but I would have to say that anyway....:)

Ah yes, David. Running the diagonals into the corners improves the composition IMHO. Well done.

Thank you L.Paul and Frank,your comments are appreciated :)

I'm just here to be a pain in the a$$ :D

I'm not sold on the crop. I like the original. But hey, to each his own.

Thank f##k,at last someone who thinks like me :p

I love this photo and deetheturk makes it better

Thank you David:)

Very nice.

Cheers John:)