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Just trying my hand at enhancing these foggy morning photographs at la Irene Froy. I attended one of her workshops on Sunday 27th March 2011. I have included the before shots too.

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Three out of the several types of Heinz cream of tomato soup, the missing one is the organic variety.

This is my favourite soup of all time. I just love the first spoonful and the tangy bite that it has on my tongue.

Long time visitors to my blog may realise that the first image that I posted, see here, was of a single can of this soup with an invitation to visitors to stay a while and share my photographs.

The first image has been squirted through Nik Software Silver Efex Pro, Antique Plate 1.

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These flowers are Anemone Blanda a very beautiful small flower that seems to come up every year as a single flowering plant, however this year there are two plants, great joy. The size of the flower head is approximately 4cm. When the weather is overcast the flowers stay tightly closed as shown in the second photograph.

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A few spring flowers seen in a local churchyard. The ladybug wasn't very cooperative. Also the magnolia buds are begining to open.

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Light Trails
My eldest grandson explained to me how he had recently been out one evening with his group of Explorer Scouts and had stood and watched the traffic on the M1 motorway and because it was slightly foggy he marvelled at how the motorway lights had looked in those conditions.

He asked if we could revisit the observation spot, at Stoney Clouds, Sandiacre, which we did on Sunday 20th March 2011, unfortunately there was not fog or mist to add to the photography. Here are a few of my photographs. It is interesting to see the strobing effect of the motorway lights on the vehicles, look carefully at the logos on the sides of the lorries and it is possible to detect this strobing effect, it appears as multiple changes in light intensity.

Lots of changes in exposure and ISO, from 200 up to 6400, to achieve the results.