The Image Keeps Giving

In a post written on the 7th of December, I wrote about how I had spent some time out in the mud after a rain storm to get some macro shots of raindrops. I showed the original photograph:

I shot this photograph in Camera RAW, which allows me a lot more room to sharpen and process the image. If you aren't sure what Camera Raw is, here is a quote from Wikipedia:

A camera raw image file contains minimally processed data from the image sensor of either a digital camera, image scanner, or motion picture film scanner. Raw files are named so because they are not yet processed and therefore are not ready to be printed or edited with a bitmap graphics editor.

Most DSLR cameras has this option now, or you can shoot in jpeg, which means the camera processes it before you get the final image. But you don't have much flexibility when you shoot in jpeg, so I have learned to keep my camera set on RAW now, no matter what I am shooting.

In the post I referenced above, I showed you an image I took from the  original:

Raindrop Face

Yesterday, I pulled the original image back up, wondering what else I could pull from it. I cropped out an area, and after it getting it to the size I wanted, I sharpened and processed it. I was thrilled with the results, and loaded it up to my website for selling prints, and also on my Facebook pages. However, I've had 2 comments already that the viewers weren't exactly sure what they were looking at! Do you see a water drop? I thought it was obvious, but hey - that doesn't mean everyone sees the same thing I do!

 Golden Raindrop

Let me know if you find it confusing! I may have to change it.

Tag Tuesday - Face; And a Story: Dave Ramsey

A human face as the main image of our tag was the challenge today.

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For details on how I made this, or to join in on the challenge, please go to 

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From DaveRamsey.com

Today I'm sharing a column from Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover. I was blessed to marry a man who has an extreme aversion to debt, and through the years we have put a lot of what Dave teaches into practice, before we ever knew who Dave Ramsey was. We have attended a live event with Dave Ramsey and it was a lot of fun and well worth the time. Since the budget and debt ceiling hoopla is everywhere on the news, I thought this would be worth reading. There is also a Facebook page, The Great Recovery where Dave is starting a movement for families and churches to join in and help move our country back to being debt free. 

Dumb Debt Ceiling, Dumb D.C.

Not being scared of what's going on in Washington

JUL 28, 2011 | WRITTEN BY CHRIS RUSSELL

Quick show of hands: Who here has ever seen a movie?

All right ... that looks like everyone. Did you ever notice how a film can be scary, or action-packed, or suspenseful, or you wonder if the two lead characters will end up together—but since you are just watching from your theater seat, it really doesn't affect you?

That's a good way to sum up all the talk in Washington right now about thedebt ceiling. All this noise about not being able to pay Social Security checks, or how we'll suffer a catastrophic default on our debt (*COUGH*) if we don't raise the limit by August 2, or anything else is just a bunch of stinkers blowing a lot of smoke.

Yes, we need to reduce the national debt. It's very important to do that. But just like the masked killer isn't really bumping off teens at a summer camp (it's all makeup and camera angles), all the doomsday talk isn't as badas it's being made out to be.

Here's what Dave has to say about the debt ceiling.

Now, for someone who totally relies on government assistance to live, their gut is probably being wrenched right now. The thought of not receiving their check (which wouldn't be a big deal if they saved forretirement) would terrify them.

But for the person who makes their own living instead of having the government take care of them, they can sit back with some popcorn and watch all the fuss in Washington with some amusement.

We keep hammering on this point for a reason: Don't put yourself into a position where you rely on Washington to take care of you. They wouldn't care about you if they knew your situation firsthand. Republicans and Democrats are too busy arguing with each other, so solutions to your problems won't come from them. They come from you!

Your life means too much, and you are too capable, to just settle for a life provided by D.C. Go out and build your own wealth. Make your legacy great. Make it unique to you instead of being cookie-cutter.

That's the difference between you and debt. There's no ceiling on how high you can go.