Monday in Nature, 21 January 2020

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As I noted a few weeks ago, acquisition of a new, far better, and better-calibrated monitor has enthused me to revisit some older photographs to see if I can bring out more desirable results, now that I can better see the images as they might actually appear in a best case scenario. This week's sample is one of those, a tide pool vignette captured in 2005 with a point-and-shoot Nikon E4600. While the seaweed in the lower right still is not up to snuff, the balance of the image has benefited from far better hardware and more fully developed PP skills (at least, I'd like to think so...). I'm sure we all look forward to what each has to share this week. Thank you for participating.

 

Burrowing Owl seen in Austin, Texas

 

WY-Yellowstone

Turquoise Pool​

 

Mary, it looks like your lens has fogged up.

 

It was extremely foggy. One could hardly see the sun.

 

Not to my knowledge.