that you have presented thus far is terrific. I've been meaning to comment but didn't get around to it until now. Great stuff, Clive, very imaginative, very professional!

I especially like the brilliant colors and the composition of this image. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Clive, you handled the lighting well for what I have often found to be a difficult arrangement...too many objects can present too many shadows for high key...This almost feels a bit too bright, but it could be my monitor...the colors are well presented, the greens are perfect, although the pinks seem just a bit overdone...:o)

Just my two cents...:o)

Thanks for your feedback (two cents!) Monitor calibration—that’s a real trip and something that should be standardized by now—but unfortunately it isn’t. I was at a friend’s house a while ago and decided to show her my online portfolio and was shocked to see how it appeared on her screen. Just last weekend I was at another friends house and discovered that all the ‘greys’ in one of my black and white images had this awful green tint to it on his!

Presently I am using Monaco Optix to calibrate my screen and the end result that prints out of my Epson Stylus Photo 2200 is acceptably close enough to what I see on my Sony LCD display. What optical device and software do you use to calibrate your monitor? This is an interesting topic in itself and the industry wide problem is discussed in the following online article: “Photo Groups Publish Technical Standards” check out the following link if you are interested: http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001391358

Thanks again for taking the trouble to share your thoughts.

so cool.