Thanks Dave! These were taken in the village of Lauterbrunnen;about a 20 minute train ride up the mountains from Interlaken. We stayed just on the other side of the brown chalet in the first pic with a view outside our living room of the big waterfall you see in the background.
The shot with the stream was during our hike after leaving the village on our way to the Schilthorn (where On Her Majesty's Secret Service was partially filmed).

On the ferry ride to Montreaux from our hotel in Ouchy
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1167875677.jpg

Chateau de Chillon in Montreaux
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A couple shots of Bern

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1167875956.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1167876050.jpg

More to come later.....

foggy day at the soccer fields
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Seattle in the summer - Puget Sound:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1167881225.jpg

Most photoediting software (Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro, etc...) has something called "curves" which is usually used along with "levels". The curves tool usually looks like this

http://www.outbackphoto.com/workflow/wf_65/Image7.jpg

or maybe like this

http://www.paintedstork.com/digiblog/image/levels.jpg

With the top picture type, you can adjust it to have a slight "S" shape which does an excellent job of adjusting contrast.

USM is a feature in Photoshop, unsharp mask. It does a great job of sharpening. I don't use it too much on my moon shots because it tends to add noise to the moon. I'm still pretty novice at using Photoshop to process my digital stuff.

From my drive today.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1168038560.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1168038606.jpg
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^^^i love mt. hamilton. do you ever drive the backside/ mines rd. into livermore. one of my favorites!

I do take Mines Road once in awhile. I didn't have time today to do the whole loop. It was either the run I did today or do the La Honda/ Pescadero Road loop down to the ocean and back. Both good drives.
And to stay on topic....another pic. :D
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1168045041.jpg

Isn't that where REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE was filmed??

Griffith Observatory
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A couple more from Squaw Valley -

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjcam/347342661/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/347342661_0e31ebf63d.jpg" width="500" height="314" alt="Ominous clouds" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjcam/340419187/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/340419187_0a9d4bca28.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Glowing mountains" /></a>

January morning sky, the Adirondacks, upstate New York. Taken by a friend.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1168120242.jpg

Grand Canyon Montage (taken from an MD80):

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1168127139.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1168127180.jpg

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http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1168127235.jpg

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mountain montage (also taken from an MD80):

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1168127498.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1168127509.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1168127521.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1168127531.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1168127544.jpg

Ranier:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1168127962.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1168127976.jpg

Luck was a lady last night:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1168144876.jpg

Gamblin or pimpin?

Texas hold'em.

that's only like 82 US dollars
;)