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Day 145 - From Fresh to Faded Jumped out between showers today to grab a shot of one of the local wildflowers, and dabbled. 1st, the beauty of a fresh bloom on a (muggy) rainy spring day. (the winds seem to have dried up all the raindrops :( ) Then, a faded old photograph kept between the...

Day 144 - Downtown Discoveries Took a trip down to the Brady District on the edge of downtown today. Here was the view back to the heart of the city. Noted. Apparently, though, someone has tried to remove the sign... I wonder who??? Had lunch at the Mexicali Border Cafe, and this...

Day 143 - QUICK! Get the camera! This was actually shot around... EARLY this morning as I headed to bed a few hours after I intended. It's our resident jumper, who doesn't come out much during daylight hours, and doesn't hang around long after he's been spotted. Grabbed the camera, which...

Plus, can anyone tell me what these are? Two variations of the same bloom (I think)... (EDIT: Per wev - One of the numerous hybrid varieties of Tradescantia x andersoniana - THANKS @wev!) And last, but not least, I present a lovely Hibiscus bloom with my first attempt at focal...

Have these in my 365, but many don't follow every thread there, so figured I'd share!!!

OK, I lied... I had another idea... Hello, my name is Pretzel, and I'm an addict. I've been edit free for 3 minutes, now.

142 - Part 3 - Ok, last shots after messing around tonight. In the same pot with the Biden (pictured earlier in B&W and it's full glory yellow) are also these flowers. This one is a Scarlet Red Callie. Then there's this flower. I present the "Back to Black" Trailing Petunia. Then, I...

142 continued - Messed around with Wendy's trick, too, of adding a color-matched border. Starting to get the hang of this! What ya think, @wthorson?

Day 142 - Focusing on PP skills So, before... to create this type of image... well, let's just say my process was TEDIOUS! No YouTube, no books, just dabbling and using my noggin tonight to find a better way. This is MUCH cleaner, MUCH easier. Layers are my FRIEND! What you guys think?

Entry 1 - The dreaded Black and White (in B&W) on patrol...

Day 141 - High ISO testing Decided I'd see what the D7100 would do CRANKED UP. The first is at max ISO, the 2nd was at something more manageable in a low light setting. QUITE impressed with this shot of the TV at 25,600 ISO. Very little editing (slight crop, NR/Luminance at a mere 30 in LR5)...

Day 140 - Nobody gnomes the trouble I've seen. Yeah, I know. It kinda hurt me to type it... HORRID day at work, day 2 of headaches too, but have been meaning to shoot the newest family member before introducing him to his new home in the front flowerbed. (I need someone to guard my Darling...

Day 139 - Yup, that's the kind of day it's been...

Ok, sidetracked... Diggin' that pic! Is it yours, @Browncoat? So many uses for something similar on a regular basis!! LOL

Day 138 - PARTY! Took my boy to an end of school get-together tonight, and caught one of those rare smiling moments before he saw me with the camera. ;) Threatened him with putting this one on Facebook. HA! Then, since we were back there, it seemed like a good time to catch one of the...

Day 137 - HAD to be done. Yup, had to re-shoot this pic, as the last one of this variety still had me with the D3100. ;) (Not that you can really tell what model it is, but this one fits the hand better)

The rest of the pictures that follow are just random snapshots from the rest of the visit. A couple of visiting people, more than a couple of visiting birds. What the heck YOU lookin' at??? That's right, ignore him... Look at ME!

Across the street, there was Saint Joseph Cathedral, the oldest parish in Oklahoma City, and it was badly damaged from the bombing as well, and soon after was demolished. On the third anniversary of the bombing, the church erected a memorial of its own. A statue of Jesus stands with his back...

In the children's area, children are still encouraged to leave behind whatever thoughts are stirred by their visit...