Seasonal Affective Disorder

Playing with DxO and came across this photo from last Summer. I miss Summer. I'm tired of the cold and wet.
DxO really makes a difference on some of my pics and barely touches others. I guess the others were good to begin with. I plan on touching up all the photos on my website so I can offer the best product possible.
Getting ready to go to Cincinnati this coming weekend for my mother's 90th birthday party. Hope to get some good candid shots while there.
That's all for tonight.
Don

The Frill of It All

Since I'm not getting very many visits here I kind of lost interest in it. But, I'm back and wanted to post this photo which I used DxO software to edit it. It turned out really nice, I think. I'm using a free sample version of DxO for now but will probably end up buying it. I like the results I'm getting and I need all the help I can get. Hope you enjoy this photo.
That's all for tonight.
Don

Red Flower

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Originally uploaded by dos1598.

Wish I new what kind of flower this is. I think it's some sort of daisy. It was in a bouquet and really stood out so I captured it. Sure is red isn't it? I usually have a hard time getting it right when shooting anything red but this one came out just right. I think it's actually a boring picture and the only thing it's got going for it is the bright color and clear focus. What's your opinion?
Spent a large portion of today working on a scrapbook that my siblings and I are giving to our mother for her 90th birthday which is coming up next month. Never done a scrapbook before. It's turning out to be pretty neat. She's going to love it.
That's all for tonight.
Don

Napa valley Sunset

I took this a couple of months ago and have been using it to play with noise removal using the selective Gaussian blur function on GIMP. I'm liking it.
That thing that is standing in the vineyard is a wind machine which is used to move air around and therefore raise the temp when there is the threat of frost. Pretty cool, huh?

Another Rose

Couldn't help myself. I love this one, too.

Rose

This is my favorite flower photo so far, I think. It's hard to choose just one. I'm kind of emotionally attached to all my photos. Really didn't do too much editing. Just cropped and a touch of GIMP to polish it off.
I forgot to mention earlier that the deal here is that the first person to post a reply would receive a print of their choice - FREE! Well, we have a winner! Justin Blanton you are the winner! All you need to do is go to my website and pick a photo that you would like and email me at don@donvirdenphotography.com and we'll get that right off to you. Congratulations! And thanks for your reply to the b/w fire photo. Much appreciated.

Don

The Zoo

Well, I made it to the zoo today. It was a beautiful day for it. Perfect weather. The place was packed! I took many, many photos and am currently working on them in my post-production laboratory (ha!). I'll probably be posting some of them on my Flickr page and then if I get good feedback I'll put them on my website for sale.

Here's a flamingo for ya.

Don

Grasses

Dudley 7/2/95 - 12/7/07

Blue Ribbon Winner, Napa County Fair, 2007

I just wanted to see how this looks on black.

Ahhh...

This reminds me of old romantic films or photos. What do you think?