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Ok, my schedule is going to be messed up for a few days so I am going to start and play "catch-up" all at the same time.

This picture starts off my day 1...

No, this wasn't taken underwater.  This is my 'Grunt' photo of the day. (I grunted when I saw it)  I was playing with my camera the night before and forgot to adjust the White Balance from 'Tungsten Light' to 'Daylight'.  T'is a lovely shade of blue to be sure, just not what I was looking for in this photo.

So, off to the photo editing software to see if I could 'fix' it...

A minor increase in the White Balance Temperature, a little tweak up in Brightness, and down in Contrast and...

Lesson for the day... check settings...

002/365

Today's photo was so much bad as it was 'wrong'.  Let me explain... There is this cute little park on the bay that I go to at lunch.  I thought I was just going to take some pictures of crabs or seagulls on the shore, etc... so I took my camera, with the 18-55mm lens, and left the rest of my equipment in the car.  As I strolled up to my favorite place to sit, I saw this bird in the tree. The problem was, I couldn't get close enough to take a good picture because every time I crept closer, he moved farther away.  I was afraid that he would take off by the time I went back to the car to retrieve my telescoping lens so.... this is the best I could do...

Needles to say, I am not real happy with the results.  Enter Photo Explosion (my editting software).  A bit of a crop, and some minor brightness/contract adjustment...

Lesson for the day... remember the Boy Scout motto... always be prepared...