A cancelled flight usually brings to mind long lines, appointments missed, little to no sleep, and cranky fellow passengers.  Recently I had the experience of waiting for my flight to go through various "mechanical" delays and then learning that the crew had "time-out".  There are a couple of emotions that can accompany that kind of announcement and I choose to "look at the bright side" and see what I might encounter with an additional day before returning home.

Fortunately, I had my camera with me.  In the morning prior to leaving to the airport again, I was able to take a walk around my hotel.  Normally airport hotels are asphalt jungles with little to no green space.  I was fortunate to have enough green space to take some cool pictures of flowers in bloom.  I loaded the photos on my iPad and then used my plane time to edit the photos.

The first photo received very little editing.  I used Snapseed on my iPad to crop a bit and sharpen.

PAD June 8 Magnolia One This next photo was taken in the entry way of the business next door to the hotel.  They had a lovely landscaped entry way.  After I took the picture, I thought it would be great to use one of the apps that dramatically altered the image.  The app is called Mobile Monet and here is the result.

PAD June 9 Altered Landscape As a reference point, here is the original image.

PAD June 8 Red Entryway For me, I really took advantage of the flight canceling and had a wonderful experience on my walk.  I felt refreshed and I had something to do on my two flight segments that was enjoyable and relaxing.