thanks for the comments guys, and john, no i didnt shoot in RAW, i shoot about 90% of the time in jpeg, and any adjustments i tried making to improve the veins, well, it way diminished the light comeing through the leaf. so i have left it alone. the shot as seen is how it came out of the camera, no post processing and no cropping. i'm starting a file on pics that i would like to enlarge, i've already done one shot (one of my chickidee pics)on canvas at 16x24, and am thinking of doing this one next. appreciate the comments and input guys


jim