Nikon Small World 2014 Image of Distinction

Be careful if you try to upgrade to Yosemite. Mine was stuck at "About a minute remaining" and I hard reset the Mac after 2 hours... Thought it was stuck.

It never booted again - I ended up having to restore from Time Machine:

:(

A 5.2GB Yosemite download does this to my network - took only a couple of minutes:

No, I did not paint anything. I have no artistic skills when it comes to creating art. I can capture art though, which is a very different thing. I know what looks great and what sucks. So that allows me to capture photos that look good. However, painting something is a very different art form I can only admire but never perform myself.

So I am very proud that one of my photos has inspired a very talented artist, Aimee Hoover, to paint it larger than life. She did a great job in showcasing the animal from an artists' point of view as opposed to a photographer's.