you getting your shots good but you need to do a little bit to get Max out of them.
Are you JPG or RAW shooting? take a look here at your photo what you think
all I have done is selective sharpening and selective blur on the background.
In CS5 and most other programs there is a way, I copy the image to new layer and sharpen it then I mask (erase is no masking) one background copy a little Gaussian Blur
Thats about it
Your well on the way with this shot Dougie and some sound advice has been offered too. The sharpening Chaz mentioned can be done in Elements 9 so you can get the same results with your software.
Another useful link for sharpening is here: http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=7409
This link is biased towards Photoshop CSx but the instructions can still be applied on PE9.
Good luck and I look forward to seeing some more from you
So long as it`s a Robin Dougie then you are well on the way to being accepted here Good first capture, good edit and advice by Chaz, and last of all do not be afraid to post your images up
I cannot believe the difference a bit of PS can do. All I done was to sharpen it a little, which was a big improvement. But what Chaz has done is remarkable, just goes to show what you can do with the initial image.
Thanks for all your positive comments, I had to crop it because the original photo showed it lack of legs.
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