There's nothing better than new shoes...

Today was going to just be a day full of homework, but then I got an email with approval for education pricing on Photomatix, better HDR photography software than the free one that I was using. After that I got distracted playing around with the software. As you can see, compared to the old software I can get results that are a little more pleasing.

After dinner tonight Addy and I took Lucy on a walk together and then she blew bubbles in the backyard while I took pictures. Some of the HDR stuff below is from bracketed jpg's and some of it is just from a single raw file. I think that bracketing definitely gets better results. I'm looking forward to when I have something more unique to photograph than the stuff around my house.

I got some new shoes tonight as well. I have 2 other pairs of Keen shoes and I love them. I saw this pair when we were in FL, but I usually just remember the model name and then look for them on sale online. Sure enough I found some for about $20 less that I saw in the store. My wife probably gets more excited about new shoes than I do, but I still enjoy them nonetheless.