Welcome to the weekend gang.
Well, I finally bit the bullet and bought one of my favorite photo editing software.  I have been using the TRIAL version for several years.  Yes, you read correctly, I said "several years".  It is Dynamic Auto Painter that Peter turned me on to. Ever since I downloaded the trial version I had to enlarge the original photo to leave extra space at the bottom so that their massive LOGO would not appear on the finished manipulated photo.  Of all of the software that I owned, I like the ONE CLICK outcomes of this software the most. I figured it was time to pay this company and get the newest version.  Maybe it will revive some of my lackluster enthusiasm for my photography hobby that I have been experiencing lately.

So, what do you have in store for your weekend?
Since the Detroit Lions played Thursday night and beat the Kansas City, the SUPER BOWL champs, there are no other PRO FOOTBALL games that I will spend time watching.  I may take a couple of hours to watch U of Michigan and Michigan State play this afternoon.  Unfortunately, they are playing two unranked teams and both games are starting at 3:30.  I hate seeing U of M demolish their opponents like they always have a tendency to do, but if you are ranked #2 in the country, I guess that is what you do.  

I shall be back with one of my several creations using my newly purchased photo editing software.  I first want to tweak it a bit before I share.  Have a great start to your weekend.
LORELL

PS. Here is: RED WHITE AND BLUE, just for you.

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Almost didn't start a daily since there was zero activity yesterday, other than my opening post. But I'm here, so, hope all are doing well.

Good morning all. Temps are still warm here, upper 80's to lower 90's but better than a couple of weeks ago. We are leaving Sunday for a week long camping trip in W. Virginia where the temps will be much better. Several days of showers forecast for that area but we can handle that. I got the issues with the stripped lug nuts on the trailer wheel sorted yesterday so we are good to go.

I'll start the day with something that arrived for me yesterday...  Hope all have a good day.

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To save on site storage: All my uploaded images are already on the www. Largely on Flickr. Unless site management disagrees, I'm happy to link those here rather than upload more megapixels. Thanks Don.


Though this is the result from a seed collected and planted by myself. It is from an existing natively growing stand.

Good morning all.

I've been busy getting the camper ready for our upcoming trip. Discovered that a couple of lug nuts had been over tightened and rounded off when they were put on. That came from the repair work we had done a while back. Took me quite some time to finally get them off. Today I will find new ones and eventually I will replace them all with one piece lug nuts rather than the "capped" ones that are on there now. I did the same thing to my F-150. Those cheap 2 piece things are junk and troublesome. More info than you wanted...

No new photos yet today. I need to load my 4x5 film holders as I plan on taking both my 4x5 Pressman and the pinhole camera. Probably load up the Yashica as well with some 120 film.

Edit: Got the 4x5 film loaded. Found something in the archives to post.

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Good day FotoFriends.

I wasn't in a good location to capture yesterday's sunrise in a pristine natural setting; had to settle for this Suburban Sunrise shot instead...

   

Some months ago I met a fellow local photographer. She (Cassandra Hermer, but she goes by Sandy) is in her 80s and is very fit, trim, and energetic thanks to daily workouts. Sandy concentrates on wildlife and outdoor photography and has traveled extensively.

For those interested her website is Wildlife Photography by Cassandra Hermer. I think you will be impressed by her exceptional photos.

Luv this classic!

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I have created galleries for the most active members. If you do not wish to have a photo gallery, let me know and I will delete it. Conversely, if you do not have one, let me know that as well and I will create one.

Greetings all! A beautiful morning in South Dakota but  the afternoon temps will be at the century mark. Temps to get back to normal after Monday.

I was cruising through some old trip photos and ran across this one from a trip to Washington, DC A very famous photograph that was made into a sculpture. We have a Marine that is from my town that was there when they raised the flag. He is still alive I believe and was honored a couple of years ago. He is in one of the photos but not this one. Name is Jack Thurman. Here is a link if you are interested.  https://www.southdakotamagazine.com/thurman-iwo-jima

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Thought I'd make it easy.