Moon & Star is a new photo, just taken a couple of days ago. It's the only one of the folder of pix I took that day that is anywhere near ready to be shared. But it feels so good to have taken a bunch of new photos, that even though I'm somehwat uncertain about it I'm posting it anyway. My problem with it? Even though I've done some "cleaning up" of the surrounding leaves I think they may still be a little distracting. Though, at the same time, I sort of like the bit of messiness. Nature is like this. So, at least for now, I'm letting this picuture stand, as is. (P.S. after viewing in a brighter light: some of that clean up I did was not very well done. I have to say I'm tired of having to open and close blinds, and turn various lights on and off if I want to be sure photo clean up I've done is OK. But then this old lady is exceedingly cranky and sad today. Maybe tomorrow I'll feel like working to fix this one up.)

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Lantern was re-worked from an old photo several days ago. At the time I was not all that happy with it. Yet today when I came across it by accident looking for a different picture in the same folder, I found I do like it. (I even think I'm going to post it as as a possible Hermit card to my Tarot Gallery & Journal blog/Found Tarot deck-in-progress.) This is just one more example of why one should be wary of deleting photos, especially without giving them some time to settle thoroughly. And is also largely why I have folders with thousands of pictures in them. Of course, I also really like having a pool of photos to dip into during dry times, as now, when I'm not taking new pictures.

"Lantern" is a vastly cropped version of the original. I then inverted the colors, changed them to sepia tones and warmed them a bit, and fussed with the definition (which is admittedly close to going totally wonky).

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Willow Weep for Me appeared recently on my dreams & poetry blog. But I just spent way too much time with no decent results, trying to produce a new picture (well, new version of an old one at least). So I'm posting it here sooner than I usually would. I'm a bit compulsive about posting everyday and I do like "Willow Weep for Me." Its feel and title sort of fit my mood so far today and there's a sadness for me in just recalling where I took it. I can no longer take the long walk there (arthritic knee and ankle). Yet I'm grateful for the hundreds of photos I took on those long walks. Not to mention that close to home on the grounds of the retirement community where I live there are plenty of opportunities for new photos, once I'm up to taking some again.

By the way, this picture's color was inverted, and changed to sepia tones that I then fussed with a little bit. On seeing it on the navy background of this blog I once again noted how the color(s) around a picture can change one's perception of it. My other blog has a white background which makes the sepia tones of this photo appear ever so slightly warmer than it does here.

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Warm For Your Form is an old photo just edited this morning. I'm most moved by it's color (though I do really enjoy looking at those petal shapes and the somewhat "silk flower" texture). When this color showed on the screen as I slid through the color spectrum I whispered "wow." I don't think I've ever gotten this particular color/shade before. Probably because I've not not started with a bright golden yellow rose. By the way, I'd have stayed with the golden yellow but a lot of the definition of the petals got lost in the yellow (as often happens with bright or white objects). So I decreased the gamma slightly (which darkens things) and then went to changing the color. I've also done a little sharpening. And some "despeckling" which can make things clearer and also look a bit as if they've been drawn or out-lined. However, it's not been color inverted (for a change).

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OK, I went a little bananas today and made two new versions of an older photo. This first above, the original, is called Opening the Curtains. I've had it hanging around (pun intended) for close to three years. Though until today I haven't felt urged to post it, it still hasn't cried out for deletion. I did very little to it back then, just crop and slightly brighten.

This next one, below, is called Summer's Keep, and I did extensive editing on it today. It's tilted, and the colors inverted and changed. I also did some fudging with the "focus" to make it look more like a painting. What I like about this one is how those petals in the bottom half look sort of puffy, like a quilt maybe.

And this last one below that I did today is called Surfing. This version's not color inverted, just tilted and colors changed, with some mild lightening and focus fussing. I'm mildly torn between seeing those top half petals as surf curling or as (again) puffy material leading me to see a dress in the making. Hey, this old lady has to keep her brain cells dusted off and popping somehow!

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