In reply to Victoria Dyugovsky.

Dear Victoria,
Thank you so much for kind words – much appreciated. And I am glad that you find it helpful. I find that using the tools in a flexible way, is key to artistic vision and creativity. As I have grown my skills and added tools to my toolbox, I can do more advanced stuff, but often it is a particular tool, that sparkles creativity or artistic vision on one particular image. But even with simple tools you can get far. The Romans built ancient Rome without computers and modern machines, yet they impress us still today. That doesn’t mean that tools aren’t great and open doors, they do. The Romans didn’t build the Empire State Building or an aeroplane.
–Jacob

Breathtaking images, and awesome tutorial! thank you so much for it. Of course, nobody can teach to have this artistic vision at the first place:), but the more techniques we know, the more tools to improve our shots we’ll have in out arsenal, and you just added a few to mine! Thank you!