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[jtbell]

Nice! Is that near Clingman's dome? We were there (and Asheville) a few months prior to Hurricane Helene; how does everything look now?

The turnoff to Kuwohi (formerly Clingman's Dome) is a short distance ahead down the road. You can zoom in on the directional sign at the right side of the photo. I didn't go there for lack of time, and because I'd been there already some years ago.

The park looked OK to me, at least along US-441. The NPS has surely done a lot of cleanup work along there. Also, there are still a lot of fallen trees etc. throughout the region. I've gotten accustomed to them so they don't register with me unless they're huge or there's a large cluster of them.

On the way up to Knoxville I made a point of driving along the river through Asheville, through the River Arts corridor. There are many empty lots, foundations of buildings that were washed away, and some badly damaged buildings that haven't been torn down or repaired yet. The ritzy Biltmore Village neighborhood seems to be mostly up and running, though.

 

[DennisN]

Working on some firmware for a Solar data collection system. It used a 8-bit controller to collect data from a energy meter and solar charging data. One of my retirement projects to keep busy.

Looks fun!

 

[DennisN]

A couple of sky shots from August last year...

All heavily edited using gamma correction to get more drama .

(Lens used: the trustworthy vintage Canon nFD 35mm f/2.8)

 

[pinball1970]

 

[Point Conception]

And sky in Bali with inlaws

 

[jtbell]

 

[DennisN]

A couple of more newly processed photos from last year...

Rosebuds

Ivy and a brick wall

Daisies

Vanilla Leaf (1)

Vanilla Leaf (2)

(Lenses used: Canon nFD 28mm f/2.8 (photos 1-3), Canon nFD 50mm f/1.4 (photos 4-5))

 

[jrmichler]

We had a snow storm with strong winds last weekend. The wind lined up perfectly with this cottage to snow in the front door and make a big snowdrift on the road. The plow pile from that snowdrift is right on their driveway. A town plow got stuck near my house. Cell phone camera, slightly cropped.

 

[Andy Resnick]

We had a snow storm with strong winds last weekend. The wind lined up perfectly with this cottage to snow in the front door and make a big snowdrift on the road.

Thumbs-up for the photo, thumbs-down for the snow :)

 

[Andy Resnick]

Pine tree sap icicle (sap stalactite?)

[Edit] Up close, it really looks like an icicle-icicle:

 

[collinsmark]

I've now taken over 10,000 photos on my rangefinder camera (other cameras are not included in the count).

Here's a couple of pictures toward the tail-end of the 10,000 image count (not exactly at the very end, but pretty close):

Figure 1. <Untitled> Leica 35mm Summilux-M ASPH.

Figure 2. "Pedestrians near the medical center in Linda Vista" Leica 50mm Summilux-M ASPH.

The reason I find snapping 10,000 photos is of interest is because of a quote by Henri Cartier-Bresson (see below). Bresson is often thought of as the father of street photography (some have said father of photojournalism). He is known for popularizing the concept of the Decisive Moment in terms of photography.

One of his more famous pictures is below (See Fig. 3).

Figure 3. "Behind the Bare Saint-Lazare" Paris, 1932, by Henri Cartier-Bresson. (This is not my photo if it's not obvious.)

So anyway, one of his more famous quotes is "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst."

 

[symbolipoint]

collinsmark,
Just for being aware of your photographic equipment , are you using/were using a camera holding conventional photographic film?

 

[collinsmark]

collinsmark,
Just for being aware of your photographic equipment , are you using/were using a camera holding conventional photographic film?

My rangefinder camera in question is digital, so no. I can snap off pictures all day without worrying about the cost and bulk of film. Bresson's photographs were undoubtedly more carefully considered than what I've been doing lately.

'Still a milestone though.

(And I did grow up on film. So there's that.)

 

[jrmichler]

From a dash cam video taken 3/22/2023. I was dodging a flock of turkeys on the shoulder of the road, and one decided to fly up in front of me. The three photos are three consecutive frames at 30 frames per second. Close, but did not hit.

There is an interesting difference between perception and reality. My perception was that the turkey in the middle image filled a full half of the windshield, and came within a couple inches of the windshield. The reality is less impressive.

 

[symbolipoint]

@jrmichler,
What exactly does the title-bar say on the top of that software program which is displaying those GARMIN still images of the turkeys? Also, if not there, what is the name of the software program?

 

[pinball1970]

Spring here so.

 

[pinball1970]

In the mall.

 

[jrmichler]

jrmichler,
What exactly does the title-bar say on the top of that software program which is displaying those GARMIN still images of the turkeys? Also, if not there, what is the name of the software program?

I used SMPlayer (https://www.smplayer.info/) to play this video mostly because it has good single frame capability. Single frame to a frame of interest, then screen grab using ALT-PRTSCN, paste into MS Paint, resize to 800 pixels horizontal, and save as JPEG.

Side benefits include ability to play many video formats plus it displays the actual time of each frame in milliseconds. The actual time is in seconds after the beginning of the clip, and is shown in the bottom right corner.

 

[pinball1970]

After the dancing and celebrating.

 

[pinball1970]

I always gravitate to the drums. These are all "Premier."

 

[Ibix]

I think this glass has had one too many.

 

[pinball1970]

I think this glass has had one too many.
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Brandy Alexander? Irish cream? White Russian? Bayleys?

 

[Ibix]

Brandy Alexander? Irish cream? White Russian? Bayleys?

Baileys.

My wife ordered it and immediately commented on the strange glass. We had a slightly confused conversation about it until she took a drink and put it down with the slant not directly away from me and I realised what she was talking about.

 

[pinball1970]

Baileys.

My wife ordered it and immediately commented on the strange glass. We had a slightly confused conversation about it until she took a drink and put it down with the slant not directly away from me and I realised what she was talking about.

"Baileys" always a hit with the ladies. I like the wonky glass. You know you have had too many when the glass looks symmetrical again.

 

[jtbell]

 

[jtbell]

Pollen slick: