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Ever since I was in primary school, I always noted with interest (and a sort of depressed displeasure) the arrival of the autumn equinox - the day when day and night are of equal length, and the one - the equinox - which presages the slide into the later autumn and then, the months of winter.
Actually, I love the colours and shades of autumn, the crisp mornings (of those days when the sun shines), and the admixture of lingering warmth tempered by cooler evenings.
It is just what lies ahead afterwards - and the poor quality of light, and cold, and damp, that bother me.
And I have always been interested in how we mark the passage of time - I recall reading Dava Sobel's wonderful book "Longitude" with fascination when it was published around two decades ago.
In any case, as noted above, I have long preferred the vernal equinox, when we welcome longer, brighter and warmer days.
However, as my mother passed away shortly before midnight on the night of December 21 last year, since then, those quarterly marking of the passage of time have taken on a whole new, and very different meaning.
So, as of today, it is now nine whole months since my mother has passed away.
Poor light is definitely not a favourite of winter. Plus a number of days I’d just as soon remove from the calendar.
Role on Spring!
Have you put a plan in place for the first anniversary? Try and do something nice with your brother(s) to remember her as she was.
Thank you.
I like to think that this might be true; in any case, we have no regrets - neither guilt nor regrets - which is a good thing, - just healthy grief and sorrow.
Not yet, although it has been discussed loosely.
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@yaxomoxay congratulations on your son's enlistment. Wishing him safety, strength and all good things.
@D.T. good luck with the Mac Mini. I would love one, but am skittish. I hope you have a wonderful time with it.
@Scepticalscribe 🤗 Hope you decide on something nice to celebrate mom.
Just realized we have a full emoji compliment on the forum now.👀💥👀
Had a wonderful time making brunch for us yesterday. Already want more spiralized pears and granny smith apples (a fun way to eat them). Am getting ready to plunge into raw food again (Need a new spiralizer and dehydrator. I think I'll be picking those up next month).
@D.T. good luck with the Mac Mini. I would love one, but am skittish. I hope you have a wonderful time with it.
@Scepticalscribe 🤗 Hope you decide on something nice to celebrate mom.
Just realized we have a full emoji compliment on the forum now.👀💥👀
Had a wonderful time making brunch for us yesterday. Already want more spiralized pears and granny smith apples (a fun way to eat them). Am getting ready to plunge into raw food again (Need a new spiralizer and dehydrator. I think I'll be picking those up next month).
Getting an education in the military is one of the best benefits, I did it in the Army, although it did take longer because duties come first. I started by taking correspondence courses while in Viet Nam and many schools recognize various military training for educational credit.
When realators upload photos of houses or apartments in the order they were taken as they were walking around the propery, navigating through them kinda feels like playing an old point-and-click adventure. It's like really boring Myst.
I've found that one shouldn't focus too much on images because they're almost always taken on a wide angle lens. I was looking at a property upstate, the other evening and it hard a large guest house with a small ballroom and I could tell they used a wide angle because of corner distortion. Really nice place considering you could fit maybe 120 people on a long dining table.
I prefer video tours.
They still shoot video with wide angles!
But agree they can be deceptive. What I can’t get over is the awful quality of many of them. I didn’t like the ones our estate agents ‘photographer’ did so I took my own.
But, just because people have a camera, or a smart phone, doesn't mean that they are a good photographer, and can craft an image or compose a picture.
Agreed. But if you are doing it for a living, they are trying to do it as quick as possible.
At least that’s how it looked to me!
I use the Sotheby's website for house hunting. They carry the nicer houses you'd see on a mass search engine anyway. Often the pictures are less distorted.
The distortion with a wide angle are easily fixed in post if you can be bothered. Ours couldn’t. He didn’t bring a tripod either. Just a nasty on camera flash.
Yes, but it is clear that they are not putting thought into composition, framing and lighting.
Agree that many such images are awful, and poorly conceived and shot.
You can shoot a good image quite quickly, but you must put some serious thought into it first.
Agreed. But you have to care. The guy told me he got paid £50 to measure up and take photos (freelance).
If at the outer most edges, sure, but not when it affects the entire composition area.
Oh, I agree completely.
And agree, also, that you have to care (or, ought to care), firstly, through personal and professional pride, and secondly, if you are paid (properly) for a task, or job, then it behoves you to try to carry out that task in as professional a manner as possible.
Well if a jobs worth doing, it’s worth doing well (imo).
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Neither. DXO optics. Your talking about Nik software. I’ve used that as well.
Completely agree with you.
Professional (and indeed, personal) pride, and all that.
Due to work, I buy very little software. But I have all the Adobe, DXO and a few others. Affinity somewhere I think.