Dance of the Seven Veils is (yet again) one of my oldest pix, just re-worked this morning. And, yes, I do seem to be stuck on this part of the color spectrum. I did try other colors but they just did not work. As much due to critical reasons (e.g., how much various sections stand out within any color range) as for my personal preference. As has been happening for a while, though, I had to work on several pix unsuccessfuly for quite some time before this one finally popped up on my screen to a tiny tah-dah of delight.

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Fanfare is a brand new revision of one of my oldest photos. There's lots of pix I place in that "oldest photos" category. The first year I took pictures just about every day (and I took as many as a hundred on one walking trip alone). Even after thorougly weeding out those oldest folders there's a considerable number of pix left to fool around with. And this particular one has always challenged me so I keep returning to it. I could still wish for better resolution, but it was taken with a low pixel count camera. Then there's those repeating sharp edges, they do odd things when colors are changed and I attempt to sharpen the focus. All that said, I'm not any more unhappy with this new revision of an old photo than I have been with most of the pix I've posted here recently.

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Heart of Summer, just done today, is very similar to another version I've already posted here of the same original relatively new photo. However, I managed to retain more clarity and I think the crop is a little more interesting. I also turned the picture upside down, giving it a bit more "oomph," maybe. However, I don't even know how many of the new photos I've taken in the past several weeks I've been working on, with no really pleasing results. (Mostly due to focus problems.) It's discouraging. But not enough to keep me from trying again and again.

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Sentimental Journey was just edited this morning, and taken a couple days ago but there's nothing new in my approach here. Close up center of a flower, sepia tones slightly saturated, and focus fooled with a bit to try to get a painting-like or old photo grainy look. By the way, I did much more than that trying for the effects I wanted and kept reverting to the original to start over. Which is typical of most photos I work on. Anyway, the journey to this version was sentimental, indeed. However, it has occurred to me that once I have a more modern editing program, new tools at my disposal might enourage -- not to mention allow -- new approaches. And also as I've said ad nauseum here, once I have a new camera the basic template of the photo will be in better shape, both focus and resolution. All that said, I hasten to add that I'm not making excuses. Simply acknowledging the influences impinging on my recent creative slough and admittedly limited tech skills.

Just an aside. This photo has also turned out to be another possible version of The Wheel of Fortune in my Found Tarot (digital tarot deck; see link to Roswila's Tarot Gallery & Journal in sidebar).

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Evening Prayers is one of my newest photos just edited this morning. But my only response is the weak interjection "meh." I've been at this computer working on pix both new and old for a couple hours now and don't like this one any more than any of the others. All too frequent an experience for me these days. Right now I'll blame it on hunger; it's way past lunch time. So I'll leave off complaining and go eat. And, taking a hint from this picture's title, be grateful for my full larder.

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