Yipee! A BetterPhoto "Editor's Pick"

I just came in from my mid-afternoon break -walking the dogs in this glorious thing called 'sunshine'!- to discover that a recent entry I'd submitted to BetterPhoto.com, was awarded an "Editor's Pick".  The return of sunshine had already made my day, but this is the frosting on the cake!  WooHoo!!

Now that I'm done patting myself on the back, I'd like to show that this is an example of what you can often find in one of your ho-hum, not so terrific shots.  Before you discard an image take a second look and see if there might be a better image within the image.  Here is my original shot:

Obviously I'd made some lighting adjustments as well as the cropping.  The original wasn't all that bad, but after looking at it I really wanted to focus on the long swoop of the stamen.

So now with a smile on my face, I shall return to the ho-hum day job.  If I look hard enough maybe I can find a bit of frosting there as well!  Like it pays the bills, provides the medical, blah, blah, blah... ;)