Taking Off

Kind of zizzy this morning as we finish getting ready for our trip tomorrow. Also we are going to a concert this afternoon featuring the violinist Midori playing with our local orchestra, the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra. This group is all volunteer and they play like professionals. That's why we are lucky enough to get world class soloists like Midori to play with the group.

Meanwhile, this blip... so I was feeling a bit pressed for time and noticed the crows and jays were gathering for their morning peanuts. So I decided to blip one of the birds. This jay was very cooperative, taking off just as my shutter went off. I used the Nik software Viveza and Color Effex plug ins to bring out the details in the bird's feathers. This one shows well in the large size.