Another in the series of photos in and around hotels while travelling. Today is shots from August 2018. Once again, the post title is from the old Elton John song: CLICK.
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One of my favorite challenges over at 365project, but also one I haven't been very active in this year. I'm closing out the year with an entry into the 158th edition of the challenge. I need to update the TAG, looks like I haven't cross posted here for quite a while.
Here's my entry:
The explanation: Album Cover Challenge
And all entries
Christmas decoration at Drost Park.... They had several of these baubles hanging among the bare trees in the park.
I actually appreciated the occasional splash of color around the park.
There's a saying I have repeated often: "The best camera is the one you have with you". And I do believe that, with a caveat. Point being, I (almost) always have my cell phone with me, so that camera is (almost) always with me. I can't carry my "real" cameras everywhere, much less my various lenses.
BUT, that does not, by any stretch, mean that the phone camera is the best camera for any task. There are photos that I can take with my 400mm zoom that my phone camera can't come close to matching. Most notably, my bird photos...
Here's a baker's-half-dozen of bird photos taken December 2024. All with the big-zoom.
That said, a high percentage of my favorite shots, overall, are taken w/ my phone. 9 of the past 10 photos on my Instagram (as of today) are phone photos.
Dark Eyed Junco
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My new-ish cell phone comes with built in focal lengths: 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 3x. It's a nice feature added from my previous phone. So, what's the point?
Well, 0.5x is wide angle, has the effect of stretching out the distance. 3x is telephoto, and has the effect of compressing distance. On a recent walk, I took both extremes of the same spot. Here's a comparison:
Another in the series of photos in and around hotels while travelling. Today is shots from November 2019. Once again, the post title is from the old Elton John song: CLICK.
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Good stuff.
Anyway, I liked the buds...
Another in the series of photos in and around hotels while travelling. Today is shots from August 2018. Once again, the post title is from the old Elton John song: CLICK.
Check out the TAG to see more from the series.
So... yesterday I posted some photos from Watershed Nature Center (which has been renamed Nature Preserve Foundation). This included a photo of a tree trunk with beaver damage.
This photo, reposted below, is a 1.33:1 aspect ratio. This is the original phone photo's aspect ratio, corresponding to a 4x3 print (or 8/6 etc). I usually crop to 1.5:1 aspect ratio, to match a "standard" 4x6 print. But in this case I didn't, which surprises me in retrospect.
A bit later, I went to post this to Instagram, and they default displays photos at 1:1 aspect ratio (corresponding to 5x5 print). Often I change that to match the ratio I used originally, but in this case, I looked at the 1:1 preview and decided that this was a much better photo. What do y'all think?
So, lesson to myself, don't let your (my!) mind overlook various crops! Even non-standard crops...
“The other day I was talking with Nick Carver about photographing, and being alone in places. And he said that he can’t get on when he’s photographing with people; that he finds it difficult. And I feel the same way. If I were here with, say, a bunch of people from… you know, from like a mentorship group, or from the TPE community, and we were all kind of like just going to explore things, I wouldn’t be in touch. I wouldn’t be in tune with this place."
From Youtube
So, yesterday I posted a couple of Last Leaves photos from a late November trip to Watershed Nature Center. I decided to review the other photos from that outing and share a few. Nothing too dramatic, but hopefully matches the mood for the day.
Taken about 2 weeks ago (11/27), at Watershed Nature Center.
The "rules" say that the top picture is better, because you're supposed to have odd numbers of things in a group. And the horizon cuts the subject a bit more distractingly in the bottom photo. What do you think? Leave a comment!
Just a couple from the back yard
Another in the series of photos in and around hotels while travelling. Today is shots from August 2018. Once again, the post title is from the old Elton John song: CLICK.
Check out the TAG to see more from the series.
Another in my continuing series of photos from our recent 2260 mile trip. Today's post is from a quick stop by Asheville, NC, to see the Biltmore Christmas Lights. We were a little hesitant due to the recent storm damage, but figured they needed the tourism dollars, and everything we saw indicated they were open and welcoming.
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Another in my continuing series of photos from our recent 2260 mile trip. Today's remembrance is the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. I've meant to pop by here for a long time, but just couldn't (didn't) make the time. This trip, our hotel was only 2 blocks (-ish) away, so it was an easy wander down. And well worth the wander, even though I wasn't an especially big Warhol fan before. I'm a bigger fan now!
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The exterior...
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Another in my continuing series of photos from our recent 2260 mile trip. Just a couple of photos from Raleigh and Apex, NC
