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Here's an odd little shot I took from my car while my husband Mark was pumping gas. I had my camera and wanted to try out the digital zoom. From the passenger seat, I pointed it out the window towards the street. These pipes were in the grass next to the sidewalk. Not sure why, but I kinda liked it.

I like it too.  By digital zoom, are you talking about the digital zoom in a P&S camera (as opposed to the optical zoom) or are you referring to a zoom lens on an SLR?

Unfortunately, I don't have any fancy lenses or accessories yet. The only camera I have is my Fujifilm FinePix S5200. When I first got it, a friend recommended to only rely on the optical zoom and to turn off the digital zoom. For this picture, I turned the digital zoom back on for the first time.

I most cases, using digital zoom isn't your best option.  In some, it works fine.  Basically, all digital zoom does is "blow up" the image.  Blow it up too far and you see the pixelizations.

But I still like the image.  Not sure why...it's just different.

Interesting shot. We have those kinds of pipes around too i think they might be for water.

Thanks Marilyn. I just loaded this image into my gallery and was going to link a picture here to it, but guess I didn't do it right.  Anyway, here's the same picture of the pipes after editing with Photoshop:

I like this too Deb.  Interesting to see the old rag and the various wires, etc. all wound around it.

Thanks Pat!

Oh, you're welcome!

Now let's see more experimenting! 

Yes I like it too! 

As Pat said lets see some more of your experiments.

Hehe, glad you like it, but I haven't been doing much experimenting. I've been trying to learn how to use layers in Photoshop, just to improve my pictures. Once I learn those basics, I'll have a lot more fun playing.

Well keep experimenting and enjoy doing it.

I am looking forward to seeing more!