again, i thank you all so much...
john, our yard does offer quite a few little still life opportunities..i have to make the most of what i have as i don't travel alot!
colin, years ago when guillaume was helping me learn this lith stuff, he warned me it was addicting and he was SO right...i tried doing a standard bw print a few weeks ago and it had no effect on me whatsoever...i think i am hooked on this process completely