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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=64 BGCOLOR="#990000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>Louis Sander</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Louis Sander"><B>Home</B></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="creations.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lous Creations"><B>Lou's Creations</B></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="background.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lous Background"><B>Lou's Background</B></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="interests.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lous Interests"><B>Lou's Interests</B></A><B>   |   </B><B>Other Cool Stuff</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="sitemap.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Map"><B>Site Map</B></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="contactlou.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Lou"><B>Contact Lou</B></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Other Cool Stuff</I><I>...</I></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="177" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="171"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="171" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  </div> </td> <td valign="top" height=416 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>a page of material that doesn't fit elsewhere:</I></div> <div> Lou has some <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Photoshop</B></FONT> skills. Observe his retouching of an amateur snapshot:</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="403" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 256 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="374bffa0.jpg" border=0 width="191" height="250" ALT="Louis Sander Unretouched" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="375b9f90.jpg" border=0 width="185" height="249" ALT="Louis Sander" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 13 ><NOBR><div> <B>Original Scanned Photo</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="196"><div> <B>As Retouched by Lou</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Replaced background, removed dark shadows at the left (ear, neck, hair).</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Modified skin tones, removed a wisp of hair across the forehead. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Removed glare from eyeglasses, smoothed skin under each eye. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Fixed drooping left eye (to the right, on the photos). Smoothed skin on neck.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="198" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 178 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="376acac0.jpg" border=0 width="172" height="172" ALT="Bulbophyllum Louis Sander" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> This unusual <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Orchid </B></FONT>was named for Louis Sander, (no relation to <I>our</I> Lou), a 19th century British orchidist who compiled <I>Sander's List of Orchid Hybrids,</I> which became the official international orchid registry. It is published today by the Royal Horticultural Society in the United Kingdom.</div> <bR> <div> Lou discovered the orchid while doing an Internet search on his name. He owns a specimen now, and it's thriving under Mrs. Sander's care. </div> <bR> <div> You, and all visitors to this site, are encouraged to <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="mailto:Louis@Sander.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:Louis@Sander.com"><B>send email</B></A></FONT> with <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Suggestions and Comments</B></FONT> on content, format, layout, or any other aspect of what you see here. Where written material is concerned, Lou is a very careful craftsman, and no flaw is too small for his attention. </div> <bR> <div> Lou's favorite <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Verdana" ><B>Search Engine </B></FONT>is Google, which you can find at www.google.com</div> <div> You can try it here:</div> <div>   <center> <FORM method=GET action=http://www.google.com/custom> <TABLE bgcolor=#FFFFFF cellspacing=0 border=0> <tr valign=top><td> <A HREF=http://www.google.com/search> <IMG SRC=http://www.google.com/logos/Logo_40wht.gif border=0 ALT=Google align=middle></A> </td> <td> <INPUT TYPE=text name=q size=31 maxlength=255 value=""> <INPUT type=submit name=sa VALUE="Google Search"> <INPUT type=hidden name=cof VALUE="AH:center;GL:0;S:http://www.Louis.Sander.com;AWFID:c40bf94c9c8b49b0;"> <font face=arial,sans-serif size=-1><input type=hidden name=domains value="Louis.Sander.com"><br><input type=radio name=sitesearch value="" checked> Search WWW <input type=radio name=sitesearch value="Louis.Sander.com"> Search Louis.Sander.com </font><br> </td></tr></TABLE> </FORM> </center>   </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>