I went to install an older version of flash player yesterday, as the WordPress image uploader doesn’t like version 10. Soon after starting the installer it flashed up with an error that a newer version was installed, and that it couldn’t overwrite it. So I trundled off to find a way to remove the other version and found that you have to download and run a completely separate application. I did that, and this is the window that was displayed for a good ten minutes.

The fact that the installer flashed up a new version was already installed within a matter of seconds, makes me wonder why the uninstaller took so long to find the plug-in! Is this a ploy to get people to quit the uninstaller in the hope they will carry on using flash?

How not to take a photo when someone is taking a photo of you.

As I said yesterday, I’ve been busy snapping away, experimenting with different flash locations and editing my photos in photoshop. I took this nice moody photo yesterday of one of my venus fly traps.

The original photo was relatively dark anyway, but I increased the darkness and colour balance to give an almost alien feel to these already creepy looking plants!
A larger version of the image can be seen by clicking the smaller size above.

I purchased a new lense for my camera yesterday so I’ve been playing around with it today.
I decided to get a Sigma 17 - 70mm Macro lense. The idea behind this purchase is so I can get in closer to subjects and take slightly more intricate shots.

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