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Here is the last gallery of Alaska cruise images. These were all taken during our last evening on the water:

I took these photos while boating on Lake Michigan. We started in Whiting, IN, and went just north of Navy Pier. It was a really hazy day, but beautiful.

After visiting Muir woods, we visited Sausalito. We took the ferry back to San Francisco:

We took a day to Sonoma and Napa Valley. We visited 3 wineries, and tasted some great wine:

This next gallery is full of the flowers we saw while in California:

There are still 2 more San Francisco galleries on the way…

Today, we went to the Hammond Marina to see the Columbus Foundation‘s replicas of the Nina and the Pinta. The Nina is an exact replica, and the Pinta is 50% larger and has some modern amenities.

They were much smaller than I expected, and I certainly can’t imagine sailing them across the ocean! The public was limited to the above decks, unfortunately, but the crew was knowledgeable and happily answered questions. These replicas sail all over the western hemisphere as “floating museums”.

These pictures were all experiments in using the new features of Adobe Lightroom 3, and Photoshop CS5. I worked with the content aware fill feature, automatic lens correction, noise reduction and grain features. This gallery is also the debut of the updated TTG shadowbox gallery styles.