As for me... I am a professional photographer. I am currently living in San Diego, California. I have recently finished a long term fine art project in the desert, and I am contemplating what to focus on (no pun intended) next.

The photo posted is a calla lily with some post work. Any comments or suggestions are truly welcome.

Thanks,
Alpha

It is not always this quiet, but perhaps the lack of/slow ebots today are keeping people away. You caught us on a quiet day. Did you post some desert shots not to long ago...3 of them? If so, I remember them well. :) Lovely calla image there, esp. with the prismatic postwork. I don't have any suggestions for you on that. You could follow the link of the left to my profile, but in short, I'm a graphic designer who loves to do photography as a hobby. We have a nice mix of pros and amatuers here and I hope to see you around more Alpha.

Thanks TwoPynts. Very nice to meet you.

I may have posted some desert stuff, but if I did I don't remember doing it. Then again, I have a hard time remembering my own name sometimes.

However, I do remember being in Boca Raton (Mouth of the Rat) a long time ago, and it is a wonderful place.

Thanks. It is still nice here, though much more crowded, and even more expensive, than when I moved here four years ago. Before that I was in Ft. Lauderdale. Nice too, but in a different way.

Hi well thats certainly very creative this Calla species looks very much like the Arum we see more often this side of the Atlantic...  Often used for Funerals so hope you dont think it is always this quiet here lol!! Welcome back...

Quiet? With me around?  Kort..... he thinks it's quiet, that mean I can make a noise?!?
Lol

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Yea, lezz make a noise!!! wawaaaa...kerplunk. Actually, its noisier here than a couple months ago. Sometimes it quiets down for a day then BANG! 10 posts in 1 minute. btw, welcome back You might notice a couple new faces (though a lot have left). We had a where do you live? What's your native language? thread recently. you could do a search for it. P.S. nice calla flower how'd you do the postwork?

Gidday Alpha. Beautiful image and maybe everyone to busy like me with Christmas tree and decorations. Plus Chrissy shopping. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nice to meet you.
Chris

Well I am pleased to meet everyone. Sorry I didn't get back sooner, but I got a call from a client and had to go out of town to shoot a building. Have to do the boring stuff to pay the bills...

The post work is a combination of a photo of a CD in the sunlight (for the rainbow effect) then a series of blending changes, motion blurs and adding noise through a number of layers at different opacity levels. I just love playing with different effects.

At any rate... I am glad to be back, and hope I can spend time sharing with you all.