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As many of you already know, the past few weeks have found me experimenting with different settings on my camera.\u00a0 You also know that it has been a frustrating experience for me.<\/strong><\/p>\n However, even though I will need to continue to experiment, practice and learn if I want to get good results \u201cstraight out of the camera\u201d,\u00a0 there are many times that I can get acceptable results with software processing and manipulation.<\/strong><\/p>\n This became clear to me as I uploaded the photographs that were taken in September of my neighbors Starfish Flower into my photography software program.\u00a0 Those photos were taken on different days over a period of two weeks. Many photos were taken with different settings, with different lighting and in different weather conditions. <\/strong><\/p>\n I went through all of the photographs and culled the very dark or blurry ones out of the mix deleting them instantly. After picking out six photos that looked decent I started processing them.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n I found that some of those images only needed a little contrast to make them more appealing.\u00a0 All of them needed to be cropped, some more than others.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the end I was left with six images that were inserted into a collage that was not only acceptable but gave me good results.<\/strong><\/p>\n Now, if only I can remember this when I\u2019m experimenting then my frustration might be at a much lower level.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n