There has been so much excitement on the weather scene this week- it might SNOW! This is definitely BIG NEWS in the Bay Area. We’ve heard it could snow at sea level or in the surrounding hills. Anticipation is building! There was a big (rain)storm last night, and there is possible snow early tomorrow. For now, it is sunny.
f/1.8, 1/250, ISO 400, 35mm
I am trying to learn Photoshop. I have watched training videos online through kelbytraining.com and feel like I have a beginning understanding. I decided yesterday, after watching the last video of my subscription, that I would edit today’s photo of the day in Photoshop (specifically Adobe Camera Raw, which is so similar to Aperture 3, my Apple photo software). Aperture has a great feature, in which you can edit with an external editor and the changes will be reflected within Aperture. Sweet! This would keep all my photos organized within Aperture, but I could also edit with Photoshop if I chose.
Problems!!!
The editing went fine- pretty basic- but no changes were reflected in Aperture! The magic dot appeared in the lower right corner indicating that it had been edited with an external editor- but no changes appeared. I eventually saved the file from Photoshop onto my hard drive and reimported it into Aperture.
Guess I need some more one to one training at the Apple Store. . .
melinda anderson photography 
I love this. The subtle coloring is lovely and the bokeh almost looks like it might be giant snowflakes.