Thanks Chris. Beth the tones were not great at first on this image. I changed the gamma which did the trick. I have started to use the saturation brightness, gamma, colour adjustments and levels over any direct exposure adjustments. This way I have found I can target and give more localised adjustments. I am at last starting to get to know cs4 a wee bit more and enjoy using it. I do have LR4.2, cannot make my mind to get cs6 just yet.