Common mame MOTH ORCHID scientific name, Phalaenopsis.
They come in many colors, some are fairly small and others pretty large "5" across. They can stay in bloom for up to 4 months at a time.

Beautifully done. I wonder, as a Navy vet who only missed 30 days leave during the Cuban missile crisis, why we abolished the draft if we all find these folks who give up their freedoms to the military so wonderful? Shouldn't we all be willing to serve in some sort of government service? Sinatraman couldn't go in the military so he became a cop but most just shrug it all off and do nothing. There are schools to be manned and hospitals that are short handed, streets and bridges that need repairs, why is government service seen as some sort of negative? We are after all a republic and by definition in a republic all people serve equally the needs of the whole even if that means giving up some personal advantage.

So where are all the anti post pp voices ;-) This shows that heart, vision and craft go together. There is nothing wrong with realizing ones ideas using every tool available. GREAT WORK.

As the Stones would say "it's a gas, gas, gas.

Makes me wonder why we are so quick to judge the contemporary immigrants legal and illegal. They are leaving bad conditions to make a better life for themselves and give their children a future however illusory that might be. My dad and mom were both German/Russian immigrants from the Ukraine. My mom's folks came over when she was young to avoid conscription of older brothers. My dads family came fleeing the communist take over of all their farmlands. My daughter has since married a German and gone back to the homelands so to speak. It takes great courage to leave the comfortable and familiar to start a new life in a foreign land. We should embrace and encourage this kind of strength, it leads to greatness mostly.

Not often one sees an add that also tells a life story, very cool. Thanks

Have any of you studied art in school? The whole idea of beauty has been in flux as far back in history as we have records. During the Renaissance they decided that the perfect human was a formula that was based on the golden proportions the Greeks had used, now I have never in all my life met a single human male or female who even remotely resemble this model of beauty so I guess that means we are all ugly. Figurative artists have always distorted the proportions and features of the models, some just a bit to tweak the features and some a great deal to attain this aforementioned Greek model. I think we just need to not be so gullible and believe what the Madison Avenue, add executives would have us believe, if we do we deserve the distortion of reality we seem to live with.

Yes, There are medium format cameras with very large sensors and large megapixel counts that can have images blown up the size of a wall and be perfectly sharp. These start at $12,000.00 and go up from there. Hasselblad with an 80 Meg. back can cost $45,000.00. I wish I could afford and justify that but as is I am happy with my Nikon D700 and full size 35mm sensor. Good Luck. Yes good glass is important but so is good sensor quality.

You get what you pay for. I find it hard to believe though that any all in one is as good as separate pro quality versions, maybe but they would have to have a series of 9 to 12 pigment based inks and 6400 dpi quality on the scans to do so.

Made my day, Thanks. Will forward to all my art buddies.

Thanks, gives me hope in a crazy way. Guess not all is lost when the youth can be this creative and have so much fun doing it.

From everything I know they are essentially the same in capabilities and both work just fine in conjunction to CS5. Why would you want 2 different filing systems for your pictures, seems it would get very confusing to me.

This was also part of the report and is equally important. Just because you own something doesn't mean you can endanger or destroy important habitat or species if the EPA can scientifically prove their case. There always has to be a balance between individual rights and the well being of the community at large. Just as the majority can't impose unjust legislation or rules so also the minority or individual is bound by common good rulings. This was clearly a case of the government overreaching its authority and the Supreme Court obviously ruled in the individuals favor but they have just as often ruled in seemingly horrendous ways over their history.


Schiff said, “Rest assured, while today’s ruling strengthens everyone’s individual rights and property rights, and everyone’s access to justice, it does not weaken legitimate environmental protection one iota. Regulators will simply have to be professional and thorough, not careless and slipshod, when they issue wetlands orders.

“In the case of urgent pollution threats, EPA will still have the power, as it does now, to seek an immediate court injunction. But when there is no emergency, EPA can’t start ordering property owners around – and threatening them with tens of millions of dollars in fines, as with the Sacketts – without first doing some genuine due diligence. EPA will have to be prepared to show a reviewing court that its wetlands regulations are really necessary – not just a power trip.

Seems to me the ones lacking the brains are the ones doing the electing, those elected have been smart enough to know that once in congress their life will be pretty cushy.
Oh well the helium is just one example of a failing to recognize how important recognizing we all suffer when the resources are mismanaged or seen only as sources of income for a few.

Several thoughts. Were you using a polarizing filter, in the HDR software did you see this while processing? I have had similar problems, mostly while using a polarizer but also not being sure what I was doing in the HDR program. I suggest you contact the help at the software developer and see if they can help you through the correct process.