For Gun Sales and Taking "Animal Portrait" Photos, First Do a Background Check.

Don't compromise an otherwise good animal portrait photo by having a distracting, unaesthetic background. Spending time watching birds in places you're likely to photograph them, and, positioning your camera at key locations with backgrounds in mind, can go a long way towards getting that winning...

Combining Images as Layers to Create Fantasy/Surreal (et al) Imagery

Imagine pictures created on transparent pieces of acetate, cellophane, plastic, glass, etc., then laid one on top of the other in different sequences -- and having the ability to control the transparency or opacity of each individual picture.Then imagine, after adding and subtracting components...

I Couldn't Fix it, so … I Fixed it!

Sometimes, a damaged or less than perfect photograph, one that cannot, either, in its original, or, its restored condition, meet publisher standards might still be made marketable.The image below began as a Magic Lantern slide/transparency, an "almost-but-not-quite" candidate for marketability...

In Turning Back the Clock … I Offer A Poster Image About "Time."

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Prioritizing Articles that Evoke Spirituality Instead of Acrimony

I have seen expressions of the need and desire for something more humanistic and calming than what has been on the Front Page and I confess to being part of that page all too often.So, let me start something more civilized I am safe here and post this image signed by my family rather than screen...

He that troubleth his own house …

About a month ago, give or take a week or so, I e-mailed a member to ask where she'd been and to see if she was all right. The gist of her response was the frustration and anger being precipitated by a number of other members who could not seem to have a civil discussion.I haven't seen her on NT...

For Friends at KK and ESPECIALLY FOR DOWSER!

A. Mac

Given the Hot Spot of the Day - Over on the CoC Enforcement Converstaion …

I thought I'd express the following

"Into the World of his Ancestors"

Here Come the Flowers!

Flowers photographed in macro are among my favorite subjects. Here are the first and second of 2013.Indian Blanket Wildflowers. ( A. Macarthur)Daisy Fleabane Wildflower ( A. Macarthur)