Here I am

This is going to be another one of my grand experiments. My plan is to post a photo every day [or at least a photo FOR every day]. I'm going to start now, but it's technically a Photo-A-Day blog for 2016 to improve my both my skills at photography and photo manipulation.

Most of my photos will be shot using my smartphone - a Motorola Moto G - because it actually takes better pictures than my regular camera.

I'm going to work on most of the photos using GIMP.

My first photo is the one I'm using in the header - but that may change. It's a photo of a tumble of rocks at the corner of the street where these gorgeous little purple flowers grow.

 

 

With some manipulation it became this:

 

 

All photos on the blog are original and are copyrighted by me. My name or initials will appear on them somewhere. Please ask permission if you would like to repost or borrow them.