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Wednesday Feb 01 2023 - Dave - 02-01-2023 Happy Hump Day, everyone. Monday was a day of intermittent rain here. I managed to time my walks well enough to avoid getting soaked. Here's one shot taken during a mid-morning walk on Monday...     Because I usually shoot with shutter speed and aperture settings to minimize blur from hand tremors I was surprised the shot wasn't a blurred or grainy reject. Below is something close to what I started with SOOTC, although it was actually much darker - I lightened this a bit to show some barely discernible detail, otherwise it would be nearly flat black...     RE: Wednesday Feb 01 2023 - Rich - 02-01-2023 From Monday: I didn't know the site was down, thanks Don! Dave, interesting succulent as is your usual! I like how it gets soft at the top and comes back into sharpness. Gives a feeling of depth! Well exposed. Grant, your frost creations are amazing! Something to do on a grey, cold day! Peter, well seen and exposed! Today: Beautiful rose Dave, well done on the adjustment. Coming to the party late. The images Monday inspired me to find a few of my manips done in a free software program I cannot spell and neither can spell check. Dave will probably know. Here is one I called Mardi Gras, in honor of the upcoming party in New Orleans. I added the starbursts to the finished mask. RE: Wednesday Feb 01 2023 - Dave - 02-01-2023 Thanks Rich. That's a pretty neat digital image. Years ago I used several digital manip apps, but have forgotten the names names except for one - something like Apophysis, if I remember correctly. RE: Wednesday Feb 01 2023 - Rich - 02-01-2023 Dave, YES! Good job. Apophysis software. I looked it up and is still free. I recommend you have an antivirus program if you download. Years ago some people say they got a virus from it but I never did. RE: Wednesday Feb 01 2023 - Man From Ironbark - 02-01-2023 That's an amazing transformation Dave. My shots like that usually come out poorly when I try to enhance them. As you might have guessed, my main aim is to have something at least closely approximating a clear photo come out of the camera. Yes I play around a lot and if using the DSLR, none of my lenses are digital. So a lot of exposure guessing, goes wrong. Some of my experimental photography works sort of OK. RE: Wednesday Feb 01 2023 - Luv2shoot - 02-04-2023 Peter, those look like little balls of mercury floating in air. Rich, love the manip.. It is so unique. Dave, I am glad that you found some fresh roses to photograph. Amazing color and exposure recovery. Do you shoot raw? RE: Wednesday Feb 01 2023 - Dave - 02-04-2023 Thanks Lorell. Yes, I shoot RAW.