[nichpr]

Thanks Rob. I appreciate your comments.

In looking back thru my gallery, I see that I have taken and shown 6 or 7 shots like this. Some were done in the field and some indoors. I've learned something new with each one - staging, execution and post processing. Even with chickadee's comment about the blue - I really had to look hard but eventually found what she was talking about and learned that I need to do a very close final quality control inspection before I post or publish.
The last couple were my first efforts in Raw format vs Jpeg for the earlier ones. That too offered a learning opportunity. While I like this format, feel pretty comfortable with it, and will do more as the opportunity and subjects present themselves, I recognise that I can still improve upon it - different backgrounds etc.

So, again, thanks for your kind words and encouragment to experiment and grow.