The Gloucestershire Alps

In response to Andrew Redding’s letter ( Inbox, AP 3 November), Nigel made a comment that all readers should take note of: ‘If a camera (or phone) suited your needs when you bought it, it doesn’t suddenly not suit your needs any more just because a newer and better version has been released.’ I then turned a few pages to encounter the interesting article on Photoshop Elements ( Essential tools) and in particular, the use of layers which I studied in detail since I had just finished work on a layered image.

My wife, being the chief photographer in the family, has taken countless mountain views on our holidays in Austria, but a few days ago, when looking from our patio over our Cotswold scenery, she commented that it would be nice if we had some mountains to look at. Fortunately Adobe provides us with this facility, and following a sequence similar to that employed by James Paterson in his beautiful parrot pictures, I was able to provide an image combining Cotswold scenery with a backdrop of Austrian mountains (see above). I should explain that

my image was made using the 16-year- old Adobe PhotoDeluxe 4 that came attached to a then- new Epson printer, and it still works with both XP and Windows 10. Yes, Nigel, I agree that a process of continuous updating is not necessary, although the second-hand market would not be the same without a few consistent updaters. Mike Rignall