adventures in tech support, i mean, digital photography

This is NOT what a photo is supposed to look like. I mean, it's a sort of cool effect, but it is not an intended effect, and that's the problem.

This, my friends, is a corrupted image. I got that much out of the HP tech support person who answered my email last night. However, tech support's suggestion (format the camera) didn't help. I'm awaiting a follow-up email and we'll see what happens...

For now, don't expect anymore photo-essays on any new, exciting topics ("faces of loss" for example, the photo-essay I might do after SK leaves for England in ten short days, or "watch my plants grow," the one I was planning when I took the photo you see here).

Meanwhile, my camera looks at me and says "You bought me on e-bay, what do you expect?" And I feel like a sucker.