ABC Wednesday / E for Edited

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This photo is straight out of the camera.

This photo was edited with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Topaz Adjust 4.

I bumped up the exposure ever so slightly and adjusted the shadows to bring out the green leaves.

ABC Wednesday

The theme is the letter E

That's My World Tuesday / Plumeria and the Mantis

A big part of my world, even before I retired, is to enjoy growing and caring for my plumeria, and watching the little praying mantis that has spent most of this summer living among them. This little critter used to hide under a leaf when I approached, but now it seems to like posing for my pictures! Really...I am not joking! I do take a lot of pictures because I am trying to learn different camera settings and macro is challenging! I always think the next shot might be better...?

So here is, yet, another post of my plumeria and the little mantis I chase around with my lens!

I enjoy focusing on different flowers in a cluster. The changing blur creates a whole different picture...

That's My World Tuesday, this Tuesday, anyway...

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