Nocturne

The raw version of this was grainy beyond use (ISO 25,600!) whereas the sooc jpg, as I quite often find with my night shots, was almost worth looking at (my camera's got a good bit of processing software tucked away inside). It reminded me a bit of Whistler, albeit 100+ miles upriver, so in homage I did away with as much of the rest of the grain as I could and decided to ignore the splodges of 'paint'.


Blip 1854: In 1854 the Republican Party was founded in the US, Britain and France declared war on Russia, and US diplomats in Europe met to set out a rationale for the US to acquire Cuba.

What lessons have we learned since?