While on the cruise, they had a “techspert” giving talks about Microsoft software and stuff you could do with it. One of the things you can do is stitch photos together. This photo of Mendenhall Glacier and a waterfall that just became visible 15 years ago is one I submitted for a contest for people from the ship. Its a stitch of about 10 photos, that overlapped each other. The full size pic is like 8000 x2100 pixels. The photo won! Ok, it was one of 5 or six entered, and the prize was a nice metal frame, but, once again, my mad photographry skills were acknowledged! LOL

Did this wide open for shallow depth of field. The combination of purple conflowers in the front and black eyed susans in the rear gave a nice effect.

It was a dual birthday party at my sister in laws house. I did a few portraits because I could.