09-14-2025, 06:40 AM
Good morning all - MIB, I think the only parrots we have here are probably along the Texas border, and some escapee parakeets in Florida and Texas that have established themselves in the wild. I expect you have more than one species there.
I'm running out of decent photographs from our trip, mostly have travel snapshots of life aboard the ship, etc. The first was taken on Mackinac Island, taken from the sidewalk as we were passing one of the historic houses. I like the symmetry of the shot. Then there is an old structure on Silver Isle that I turned into a B&W shot, and last is one of the many nice sunrises taken while on the water. For the house, I added a more interesting sky and cloned out a more modern house that we in the background. I think I could have increased the brightness and adjusted the contrast for improvement, but it was just a quick edit job.
Weather here is turning moderate, only 61F right now. I leave 2 weeks from tomorrow for a trip on my Spyder to North Carolina for a few days to attend a Spyder rally. Hopefully weather will be fair and not too cold. That will be the longest one day ride I have done so far.
I'm running out of decent photographs from our trip, mostly have travel snapshots of life aboard the ship, etc. The first was taken on Mackinac Island, taken from the sidewalk as we were passing one of the historic houses. I like the symmetry of the shot. Then there is an old structure on Silver Isle that I turned into a B&W shot, and last is one of the many nice sunrises taken while on the water. For the house, I added a more interesting sky and cloned out a more modern house that we in the background. I think I could have increased the brightness and adjusted the contrast for improvement, but it was just a quick edit job.
Weather here is turning moderate, only 61F right now. I leave 2 weeks from tomorrow for a trip on my Spyder to North Carolina for a few days to attend a Spyder rally. Hopefully weather will be fair and not too cold. That will be the longest one day ride I have done so far.
"A moment in time
Immortalized forever
With silver and light"
Immortalized forever
With silver and light"