Hi, I just got back home from up north.
I tried getting on this site from my phone, but for some reason I was unable.
Dang it.  I hate being away for so long.

I had a nice time at our trailer, first for three days with my significant other and then four days with my daughter.

I came back home only because I have my photo club meeting tonight. I hate missing that. And this weekend we are going out to dinner with some friends and then celebrating Father's Day.  It looks like I will have to host since neither one of the kids raised their hands.  Oh well, maybe we will just do Chinese Carry Out.

One of the categories for tonight's club meeting is OLD BUILDINGS. I took this shot with my cell sitting in my car at a red light.  

I used Topaz to turn it into B&W and add a little drama to the sky.

Good to be back.
LORELL

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Two crops of the same base image, taken yesterday. I didn't desaturate the colors; this was an accurate capture of how the colors appeared under the gray skies...

            

These were minimally processed: other than cropping, I increased the contrast about 7% and of course did some sharpening to offset the softening introduced by saving for the web.

#2 has more immediate interest, but I slightly prefer #1 because what caught my eye and what I wanted to capture was the gray hues; I like the subtlety of the pale warm colors in this crop.

Which version do you fine folks prefer?

Monday morning.

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Good morning all.

A few more photos from my phone.

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TGIF everyone.

After wasting many hours dealing with the DMV (and accomplishing very little) yesterday, I'm way behind on the things I need to do this morning.

Here's a shot from yesterday morning of an Agapanthus (correctly identified by MFI yesterday) that I spotted just as a serendipitous ray of light highlighted the emerging blossom. Little processing was needed: cropping and rotating for composition, adjusting saturation (up and down) ins selected areas, and the usual selective USM.

   

Good day Foto Friends.

Sorry I missed yesterday. Was trying to clear up a mess with the DMV.

Some blue flower whose name I should remember, taken on this morning's early walk...

   

Hello there.
I see we need a daily for this fine day.
I hope all is well with you and yours.

Here are a few signs to maybe lift your mood and get a pep in your step.
Happy Wednesday.

LORELL

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Everyone sleeping late today?

My wife started some grapes in a big pot a few years ago, but we have yet to get a harvest.

However I've managed to get some photos - this one isn't too bad, IMO...

   

Good morning all and welcome to a new week.

Curious lamb.

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Here's our Weekender.

Some new folks moved in down the block a week or so ago. Apparently they enjoy owning fine vehicles. They have a beast of a black pickup truck and a very fine looking import - detail shot below...

   

Can anyone guess what make & model it is? (The make should be obvious because I didn't bother to blur out the distinctive logo.)

This car will set you back $130,000 to $175,000 depending on configuration. It can be bullet-proof; and boasts up to an insane 1069 HP.

In addition to this car and the pickup at least 2 nice motorcycles they have, and that works out to about a quarter of a million dollars worth of vehicles. Mind-boggling.