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Thank you, Trudy! From you, that IS a compliment!

Thank you, Duane, Jim, James, Delana, and Ingrid! I did think people would like this "cooked" version better than the original, which was a bit too subtle. People here really like color, and so do I!

Thanks, approvers, for the blue!

Thank you, all my friends, Laura, Joyce, Luci, Kat, Zaiga, and Wanda!

If you look at the first 2 pix in this series, the sky actually looked more like that to see with the eye. To get this colorful effect, I saturated the image highly, tilted the color toward the red, increased the contrast and decreased the brightness a little, and used Digital Noise Reduction to remove most of the resulting graininess. To me, this is "cooking" the picture 'way beyond what I usually do, with the result looking quite different from the original, and that is why I ticked the category "manipulated images." Glad it has pleased so many people!

Thank you, Todd, Wim, Donna, and Randall! I appreciate all your kind comments!

Thank you, John!

Thank you, Julia and Linda! That tree gets into so many of my shots taken from my window or yard, it's pretty recognizable to my friends, I suppose!

LOL, Jan! Glad you like it, my excitable friend!