And thanks for the compliment on my post processing. Talking about it, it’s no magic at all. For 90% of my images, I use the b+w conversion tool in PS. When done, I adjust the curves in two steps, first to get the right tonality, then usually a second time to add a slight brown tone to the midrange of the tone curve. In extreme circumstances, I work with different selection tools to locally adjust the tonality. In such cases, I may also burn or dodge different areas in the image to get the result I want. That’s it. You were maybe fishing for a post on the subject? Can’t do; wouldn’t know what to say more than I did now.

Enjoy the planning stages of your garden. There is something delicious about seeing something in your mind’s eye that others cannot yet see. By the time, the garden is manifest in the outside world you will already have a deep relationship with each and every corner of the space.