I am still playing around with those macro zoom lens spacer things my son-in-law loaned me. That is the top of a plastic drink cooler. But what if I play with the brightness and contrast in Photoshop?

I don’t know if that is better or not, but it still looks like a brain… covered in dirt particles.

That is the bark of a pine tree in my backyard. It is hard to hold the camera perfectly still. That, with the very small field of focus, makes this photography challenging.

So I cropped the picture a little smaller in Photoshop. I also played not only with the brightness and contrast, but with the vibrancy level as well.

More tree bark.

More cropping and playing with levels. It is out of focus, but still, a nice photo.

Our new, fake hardwood floors.

It does look like real wood now.

The top of a wicker basket.

This is fun. I don’t know how much this actually improves the photographs, but I am going to do more of these. Bear with me.