What a joy it was to discover Flickr. I live in Dallas Texas. I have 2 dogs and love blues music. Most of the photos I post have been taken using the secrets that a 84 year old photographer named Margret gave me. I was always amazed by the photographs of this lady and before she passed away she told me how she did them. I will post a couple from her so you can see how a real photographer does this kinda stuff. Also I do not have a camera that can focus close up which is most important. I have only tried 4 times to do these type of abstract shots so bear with me, they will get better