Flower Fotography

We're back from the motorcycle races; battle with RV service reps; and hectic effort to meet my publication deadline. The piece goes to press Monday and should be distributed the following week. Time to relax.

I've neglected the blog. There's plenty to rant about. I only get pissed off about most things I consider posting; the Iraq money issue, NRA stance on gun legislation; Wolfowitz; Gonzalez; Rove. Reading Scott Adams, the Dilbert Blog, makes me laugh. He and Bill Maher are really good at ridiculing the government. I'm leaving the serious stuff to them. I've decided to take pictures of my wife's flowers. It is so relaxing and pleasant, especially when the wind is calm enough to allow the use a tripod.

I'm also getting some practice with Adobe PhotoShop. The above photo had some ugly dead flowers in the lower right corner. I was able to copy and replace that part with the blue flowers from the right center portion of the picture. That worked so well that I dropped that blue bunch of flowers at four different places. Pretty neat, huh? Is it too obvious?

This picture of Jane's clematis is much less manipulated. I did use the spot healer tool to remove some dark spots. I really enjoy this type of photography. I've started thinking that I may be pretty good at it. It could be my calling? :-)

I know this post has much less effect on my blood pressure than some issues that are probably much more important. I'll let Bill Maher and Scott Adams extol and ridicule as necessary. Until I get really pissed. :-)

Meanwhile, I need to see if eBay has a Nikon lens that I can afford.

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