Steve - The reason why I don't tweak with the photos is twofold: 1) I don't really have enough software to really tweak it (I have XNView, but not photoshop) and 2) I find that to be repulsive to me as it doesn't show the *true* colors / shapes of the roses that *I* can grow in my environment / situation. Kinda like photoshopping models for a magazine.. I hate that. I realize that I have a clouded view, but I'd rather see scars & stretch marks & cellulite than perfection unobtainable. Probably the reason why I feel this way is because of the cellulite / scars I have myself (no stretch marks.. always been fat), so if I were to post a picture of myself, I would post it true to me, not what I *wish* I could be, which is unobtainable. If I want perfection in roses, I'll look at yours or Zuzu's or Sue's.
