I received a lovely bouquet of irises on our anniversary last year, and just had to try to capture those beautiful colors to remember. It brought daily cheer to my little corner where I bustle about the kitchen making supper and washing the dishes. There’s nothing like a Good View to make the “Daily Drudgery” bearable. :)

BEFORE
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(original photo reduced to 300 x 400 pixels in Paint Shop Pro to minimize bandwidth)

AFTER www.picnik.com
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Edit: I uploaded the picture to picnik.com and did the following:
1) Auto-fix
2) Crop: X 2 (ie. twice)
3) Colors: Cool -15, Saturation +20
4) Sharpness: 30
5) Save: Reduced to 300 x 400 pixels, and Compression 8

What do you think?