Two from my front yard

[alfredo]

[elleng]

1. BEAUTIFUL, alfredo!

Returning home tomorrow, so we'll see if there's anything of merit.

[alfredo]

4. Thank you.

[uppityperson]

2. Peonies? Beautiful.

[alfredo]

6. Yes.

[Adsos Letter]

3. Really, really nice, alfredo.

Is that your Soviet lens?

[alfredo]

5. Thanks, It is the Lumix 14mm.

I'm too unsteady for precise focus, so until I regain my legs and strength, I will stay with manual focus

MFT has a 2X crop factor, so the image was taken with a virtual 28mm.

[Adsos Letter]

7. Nice.

I still have to find time to get my camera to a dealer for a good cleaning. Getting a lot of spots on my images, and I'm getting tired of dealing with them in processing, especially since I tend to miss a bunch.

Hope your treatment is going well.

[alfredo]

8. I have cleaned my own sensor with good results.

I used the Visible Dust system

The treatment is over, but the radiation is still working on me.

[Mira]

9. Good Grief

are you sure you need a new camera

So happy you are getting it tomorrow

[alfredo]

11. Thanks. IQ is not the issue, it is features I desire.

More external controls
Focus peaking
Tilt screen.
Built in viewfinder so I won't have to sacrifice the EVF to use accessories like a flash and the dot viewfinder.

[alfredo]

15. I pulled the trigger on a factory refurbished camera.

[Mira]

16. When will it be in hand, and I want

to see a picture of it.
Also: did your appointment today keep you moving forward with great hopes?

[Solly Mack]

10. I love water drops on flowers!

Very pretty.

I love the lighting in the first.

[alfredo]

12. Thanks. It was partly cloudy, with quick change conditions

[mnhtnbb]

13. Lovely!

We had peonies in the yard in Missouri and Nebraska. The ants used to get to them something awful!

It's much better to have water droplets than ants!

[alfredo]

14. The ants don't seem to harm them.

They are pollinators so I cut them some slack.

[elleng]

17. Yes, they're a nuisance

but apparently symbiotic.

[alfredo]

19. Especially when they get into the kitchen

[elleng]

21. Right, then they're AWFUL!

Will try to cut one or 2 tomorrow, 'wash' them, and show them on the porch, NOT in the kitchen!

[alfredo]

23. The heavy rains and wind has destroyed ours.

Soon my cactus will be blooming

[elleng]

18. Yours are SO GOOD, alfredo,

but I did catch a few today; more later.

[alfredo]

20. Those are good. Overcast days are the best for white flowers

[elleng]

22. I guess so, alfredo.

These are alongside my neighbor's house, rarely directly sunny.

WAITING for the sun to encourage those along the path to blossom; they DO get direct sun. May have to wait til next week for that to occur. There are LOTS of buds over there, white and pink.

[alfredo]

24. I like the pink for photography.