Thanks sweetie … I think I may have pushed the envelope a little too far on this one, lol!!!!! Somehow it got a lot brighter when I uploaded it!!!!!!!! EEEEEK!!! Oh well … I may tone it down a bit … will see … but am so thrilled that you like it!!!! HUGZZ!!

Oh, Marjie, you sweetheart!!!!!! Photoshop is SO MUCH FUN!!! Don’t be afraid of it!!! Just stick a shot in there and start playing around!!!!! I love it!!! The Photomatix is fun too … but it is tricky!!!! Sometimes I get it right, sometimes I THINK I get it right, and sometimes … not at all, lolol!!!!!

thank you, Bela … I’m so happy to hear you say this!!!

Bless your heart, Luda … you’re right. Being in Greece was a dream come true for me … and in my heart, this is exactly how I remember this street!!! Thanks, hon!!! I’ll leave it!!!

Dear Lynnie!!!! Thank you, sweetheart!!!!! If you approve, then I’m gooooooood!!! LOL!!!

Thank you, Heide!!!!! I’m convinced, then!!! it stays, lol!!!!!!!! Thank you again!!!!

Oh, Robin, you darling!!! Thank you … not overdone??? LOL!!! You’re the best!!!!!!

Thank you, dear!!!

Hi sweetie!!!! Thank you!!!

thank you Jacqui!!!

Hi Stacy!!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!! It was such a beautiful old city!!!

Oh, Linda!!! Thank you!!! What a lovely, lovely compliment!!!

Hi Bruce!!!! Thank you!!!

Hello Buzzy!!!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!!

thanks, dear Marie!!!

Oh, Wendi … so true!!!! This was such a gorgeous place … I’m ready to go back right now, lol!!

Ooooh Barbara, how sweet you are!!! But the sad truth is … of all the kazillions of shots I took, not that many are really even fixer-uppers!!! But I am glad a few are … and have finally started getting into them!! WHEEE!!!

Colin, you darling boy!!! Thank you!!!

Oh Maggie!!! You’ve been here too?? Wasn’t it glorious? When were you there??? Do you have pics posted of Old Corfu Town???

Thank you so so much, Richie!!!! It was a hot and sleepy afternoon … true heaven!!!!!

ooooh … wow … I hear ya. This was taken with my little Olympus … which is a digital at least, lol!!!!! But worse than that, I didn’t know squat about composition or anything technical on the camera at that point, lol!!!! OOOOOH … I have an idea … let’s go BACK you and I!!!!! WHEEEEE!!!

Thank you so much!!! What a lovely comment!!!

Hi sweetie!!! Thanks!!! Photomatix is one of the programs used to create HDR images … here’s a link to the program and they’ll explain what it does really well!! Photomatix . As to shutter speeds and apertures … oh … Lordie .. lol!!!! I ran across a fabulous tutorial / explanation yesterday!!! Let me try to find it for you!!!!

Hello, hello dear Rod!!! Thank you!!!! Yes, I was so grateful to get a street scene that wasn’t filled up with tourists!!!! And isn’t this a lovely town???

Hi Vadim!!!!! Thank you!!!!

It is, Vicki, it is .. only it can be a real heartbreaker too. Most of my travel shots were taken before I knew anything about photography .. and … they were taken with such odd-ball cameras!!! But every so often I find one that I can sort of resurrect!!!

Thank you, dear Ilpo!!!

thank you, Kathy!!!

Thanks, sweetie!!!

Hi Kevin!!!! Thank you!!!!! This is such a beautiful, timeless street!!!!

Dear Edwin … you’ve made my day!!!!!! Thank you sooo much!!!!!

Thank you so much, Lynda!! One of the things about traveling with a large group … as in cruise ships … is trying to either get out ahead of the crowd, or hanging back until after most of them are gone (thus making getting back to the ship before it sails somewhat dicey) ... and this worry was even before I was a camera-junky!!!!!

thank you, Amy!!!!!

Hi sweetie!! Thank you, thank you!!!! It’s from our trip to the Med a few years back … have been going through them and pulling a few out and playing around. SUCH fun!!

Jason, thank you so much. I gave it the old hdr treatment … thanks to you and your excellent examples of how it should be done!!!

Thank you so much!!!! So glad you like this one!!

thanks again, sweetie!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

thank you very much, Natasha .. I do try to remove the weird stuff when I can!!!! So glad you liked this one!!!

Oh, Sharon!!!!! Thank you sooooooooo much!!!! This is so exciting!!!

Thank you, sweetie!!!! Hugzz!!

thanks, Sandra!! The one thing about travel is trying to get to the fun stuff without all the people … so it was either zip ahead of everyone or hang back!!!!

... laughing … thanks, Graham!! I’m having a lot of fun going through some old shots … next thing you know I’ll be digging around in the cardboard boxes upstairs and scanning those old snaps in and tinkering away!!!! WHEEE!!!!

Thank you so much, Hans!!!! I’m glad you enjoyed it!!

Hey Terry … sorry for getting back to you so late … thank you, thank you so much!!!!!

Thank you so so so much!!!! WHEEE!!!!

oh dear heavens!!!! don’t do THAT!!!!! ROFL!!!! If you could see the original washed out mess this was … trust me … don’t do that!!!! This the product of endless, endless processing!!!! I just mentioned the cloning of wires and the hdr … but there was tons more!!!!! That shadow from the buildings on the left that you see?? Nearly drove me bonkers, lol!!!!!

But … THANK you so so so much!!!!