Heating Up, above, is very new, and just edited today. That bit of "haziness" on the right side petals bothers me (and I gave up trying to eliminate it completely), but over all I like its "feel."

In the Eye of the Beholder, below, is from the same photo. There are little things about it I'd change if I could (and it's not for lack of trying that I haven't), but as a whole it's one that I feel OK about sharing.

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Cheering Squad, above, is from that newest batch of pix. I'm not mad about it, but I do sort of enjoy its cheer. And it's evidence that I do sometimes let a picture just be its natural self, so to speak.

However, Wave Bye-Bye, below, is clearly (for anyone following this blog even a little bit) my basic wont. I just have to chase down something that even a tiny section of a photo suggests. This suggestion doesn't come in words; it's more like an itch behind my eyes somewhere. When words do come, usually in the form of a possible picture title, it's when I've been editing for a while and feel I'm getting closer. Then there's that rare photo that just "pops up" complete with very little fussing. A title for that sort will usually still take a while to arrive. As if steeping is necessary for words, but not always for images.

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Involution was just taken yesterday and worked on this morning. This particular batch of pix seem (at least on quick run through) to be an improvement over what I've been getting recently. However, I recognize this one is decidedly quirky. However, I like it a lot so I'm sharing it anyway. I'm being seduced by the color family, the watercolor effect, and the shapes. Not to mention the over all mood, which echos mine. (Well, I've never claimed to have a very objective eye.) I'll post some of the straightforward blossom pix from this batch some another time.

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Blue Mood, above, is a new photo, and the first of three versions I've made of it. I think I like it most of the three, but that may be more reflective of my own mood than any critical eye I may be applying.

Ravenous Red, immediately below, is the second version:

And this last one below is The Buffet. It's the first version I made but my least favorite of the three:

I'm refraining from explanations and excuses, reminding myself that the operative word in the title of this blog is "trying."

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Diaspora, is from that mostly disappointing batch of pictures I took yesterday. My on-going moodiness combined with an unhappy (low-end to begin with) camera is taking some of the joy out of snapping pix. Well, the actual taking is still fun; I always approach the scenes I come across with hope. But what I'm finding on my computer screen on downloading the photos and what little I'm making out of it all, is discouraging. Yeah, I sort of like the above photo, but that doesn't help me feel any better about all the "failed" shots and edits in that folder. And "Diaspora" is also pretty much like too many of my other pix. So add a certain boredom with what I'm coming up with to that complaint list. Ah well, as I've probably said here before when in this mood, maybe once I get a better camera and a more sophisticated editing program something will get shaken out of the trees.

I hasten to add that I've ordered a book that includes lots of information on the types of cameras now available. Along with technical tips and such, which I definitely need to pay much more attention to. Automatic settings just don't work in all situations, much less when one has very particular ideas for a shot. Such as when I approached the above cactus I already knew what I would almost certainly emphasize in post production. More knowledge of how to adjust my camera (any camera) manually would have minimized, maybe even prevented the problems I had editing it. And improved the resulting photo.

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In the Collider was just taken and worked with earlier. From what I've seen so far of the considerable number of photos I snapped today, very few will even be worth an apologetic posting here. However, I do like this one and will offer no apologies or explanations. I simply like it. I may not have found evidence of Higgs boson, but I found something small that pleases my eye.

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