Wednesday, July 19, 2023

[Dave]

My daughter emailed that she had a pleasant flight to Auckland, that New Zealand's strict biosecurity procedures kept her at the airport for an additional 2-1/2 hours, then it took another hour for her to reach the Airbnb apartment. After all that I would have been exhausted, but she set off on a long walk to Mount Eden, past the University of Auckland and an old cemetery, getting some good photos along the way. (I had offered the use of one of my cameras, but she declined, being more comfortable using her cell phone.) She said she is pretty sore after the long walk up and down hills.

I'll ask her permission to share some of her photos over the 5-1/2 weeks of her grand vacation.

Meanwhile, here's a photo I took two mornings ago. I knew from past experience that getting good photos of red blossoms against green foliage would be a challenge because the reds and greens are often the same value. It took several layers during processing, and the photo still suffers from poor value contrast...