the end result. i found this poor little guy covered in ants, left leg obviously broken in several places. My first job was for a bird shelter but no means am i overtly concerned with animal rights. I put it back in the sea where it belongs rather than being feasted on by bugs. It's got that thousand-yard stare and it reminded me of one who has gone through so much pain he has forgotten about all else. The eye just screams out at me 'jaded!'. maybe that was his last horrible existance before death, or maybe it says something about death itself.

not even night fall stands in the way of progress. 

hopefully on not so bright monitors one can see this. You might need to turn up your 'brightness' on the actual monitor itself. 

stock-up savings!

upon examining my most recent upload of crap to the hard drive, i realize one of two things:
either Dave's monitor sucks (likely)
or mine is about a gazillion times brighter than average. I hope when i upload pics here and elsewhere with dark-tones or contrast shots, people can actually see them. i've re-adjusted several times using Adobe Gamma but who knows.
Pics to come, work to do.

here's what i started with (the subject is very evasive and intelligent to such attacks). the smoke detector/purse/light fixture all were donedosed. Used a spin, zoom, some other crap.  

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