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For all the work I put into posterizing Ms. Duck, my favorite part actually turned out to be the space in the water behind her. I posterized the water as well, but it was a bit too bright for my liking. So I did a Color Burn layer blend, which made the water as interesting as I had intended it to be. Hopefully not too much, though, as I still want Ms. Duck to be the focus.

A mother’s work is never done…now where are those kids heading off to??

Next: Learn what to do to fix reflections on water. An awesome shot of this little guy practically ruined by all the reflection on the vernal pool.

Ethan and I were reading a book last night where a frog had a cameo. Ethan said, “Eww! A frog!”

Really, what six year old says Eww to a frog?

This post has also questioned my ability to spell “emperor.” Thank goodness for the automatic spell check.

From the Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA.

I was surprised that I hadn’t done anything with this one yet. And that I haven’t done a cat’s eye picture in a while.

One thing I really like about the new lens is the Image Stabilizer that’s in it. It works great for the pictures (no tripod here!). Doesn’t quite work as well for the cat.

Squee!! For my birthday, John got a new lens for the camera: a 55mm-250mm one I’ve been coveting. I heart the macro picture, but wanted something more…like something I could use to take pictures from across the room. To demonstrate, instead of taking one of the couple pictures I took from across the room, I actually got a really good shot of what I could do with a long lens like this.

That is one of our cats, Puffy. He’s sitting on a cooler (across the room!), and between us is one of our dining room chairs, which has a heart cutout. Completely would not have been able to do this with the standard 18mm-55mm lens we have now. And this was only at 100mm. I could have taken a “closer” picture!

Because I don’t want to talk about my car right now…