That's very kind of you Marc.
There's not much "talent" involved at shooting this picture.
The scenery is outstanding. And never the same.
Allow me to post another image, same veranda, a while ago, with Nikon D300 12-24 DX.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45552751@N03/4268016261/sizes/l/I wish the forums would get more of a "human" and personal attitude, rather than be just a hardware one-sided questionnaire.
But people are usually shy and socially unripe, or at least that is how I see it.
One mistake that hobby-photographers do is think that a fancy new lens will magically improve their shooting skills.A new camera will do wonders....
The camera that will auto-evaluate the scene and shoot masterpieces is not yet invented (I think Sony is working on it..)
Cheers.