kate: i AM a lucky man. and she’s a lucky woman. 😉
the tent is actually not in my backyard (NIMBY!), but one of a couple of friends of ours. it’s pretty cool, actually–the “roof” is a trellis covered with grape vines.
dingo: there’s a good bit of post process work on that one in photoshop. i used a filter called lucisart to bring out a lot of local contrast and detail.