First posts.

[tiredoffilm]

My first images posted on the forum, c&c welcome.
What do you guys recommend for PP?
Is Adobe photoshop ths best available?
Thanks for looking.

[Anthony J Howe]

Two excellent shots. For colour and interest I prefer the second shot, however both are beautifully composed.
Adobe Photoshop is the most popular world-wide. Adobe Photoshop Elements being the cheaper version but still does an excellent job but limited in certain things to Adobe Photoshop.

[shazz501]

i love the second shot,lovely subject,beautiful colours and nice and sharp too,well done

[tiredoffilm]

Two excellent shots. For colour and interest I prefer the second shot, however both are beautifully composed.
Adobe Photoshop is the most popular world-wide. Adobe Photoshop Elements being the cheaper version but still does an excellent job but limited in certain things to Adobe Photoshop.

Thanks for that Anthony, I will invest in the elements first although I've had no real need for photoshop yet as I'm just starting with photography but the more I shoot the more I want to do.
I love this forum, especially this image sharing section.
It's inspiring!

Going to try some landscapes next, watch this space.

[Gary Fairhead]

The second shot got my attention. Quite a jolt of color ( a good thing) in this butterfly. Beautifully captured...very nice!

[HrcRacing]

Another fan of the second shot here although both are very nice. PSE is definitely much cheaper than CS2 and can do plenty. I would think that, in general, Photoshop is considered to be the industry standard for PP.
Adobe offers free trials of each at the link below. Also, Scott Kelby does a nice job of showing how to do corrections although he doesn't hit on the "why".

http://www.adobe.com/downloads/