Well, over the weekend I downloaded the lighthouse picture onto Wet Canvas and got a variety of opinions on it's merits.  I asked for helpful criticism and got it!  The general concensus was that the cloud on the left was competing with the lighthouse and that the picture would be better without it.  So today I removed it, and played with the other two clouds a bit.  I think they were right - it does look better.  I'm not going to repost the picture though.

Now I have started another project.  I'm taking part in the February Landscape challenge in the Landscape section of Wet Canvas- so I've got all month to finish.  There were three reference photographs to choose from and I have chosen to do a rocky canyon picture.  It'll be interesting to see how my picture compares to the same picture done by other people.