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1st February 2025 photo gallery

1st February 2025 photo gallery
The flower bud of  Iris reticulata ‘Harmony’ with morning sunlight shining against it
With strong morning sunlight coming through the bedroom curtains it was to get up, at around 11am a bit late in the morning, after doing the usual things before breakfast like emtpying the night bag, I decided to have walk around the back garden to see if any new was in bloom which would make good photo, there was a few cyclaman coum in flower but in difficult places take photo of but notice the flower bud of Iris reticulata 'Harmony' in one of the tubs near the front door. I use same set up of Pentax K-1 Mark two and Irix 150mm Marco lens to take the photo.

With photo editing I tend use Affinity Photo 2 editor, to resize the photo and then let Topax photo Al 3 do all hard work of fine tuning of the photo before exporting back into Affinity photo and then sometime use another photo plugin program Filter Forge to get that faded border effect on the photo. The Picture Fade Border Effects by Spice is about the only filter in Filter Forge that use a lot in my photo editing.

If do alot photo editing Topax photo AI is worth getting cut down on time you spent editing photos its case of clicking  two or three buttons on the computer screen and the program does all the work for you. With Topax photo AI 3 I manage renew my subscription of program for just under £80 (it may cost more first buyers) depending on the dollar to pound exchange rate, its come with year of free updates, once year subsciption is up you still own the program and its up to you if want renewing it. With regards Filter Forge depending on how many filters you use in the program is how often you buy latest version of the program, I am still using Filter Forge 12 because enjoy using one Filter, if want use filters in the program which over 6,000. I would recommend going basic edition and wait for sale before buying. If do alot photo editing and want play around different effects or do alot photo stacking or do alot of panorama stitching Affinity photo 2 is worth looking at and work well with photo plugins, you get it off the Affinity website for one off payment £67.99 many be cheaper else where but its come with free updates until bring out next version of the program out.

Once, I got this web page publish it will be soon dinnertime, I may do a bit more republishing the 2006 photo gallery or read book on the kindle this evening.

Click here to see the photo in the 2nd February photo gallery.
'Where's the Brew Stop? The off-road cycle touring website'.

About off- road cycle touring routes, cyclist’s cafes, off-road cycle touring, local group events and good photos.

For cyclists who love off-road leisure cycling in Northern England

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