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Lifer
Sep 13, 2013
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19,108
Foothills of the Chugach Range, AK
Sometimes what the eye sees isn’t so easily replicated in a photo
It takes time to learn to see as your camera "sees." Lots of time and many, many "bad" shots. If you only "work" with one camera and lens the process is a bit shorter, sometimes. To get comfortable with digital when switching from film, I wasted too much time in "post." I had train my brain and eye for the change.

The only way to improve your photos, if that's is a goal, is to shoot, shoot and shoot some more. And, access your results critically.
 
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woodsroad

Lifer
Oct 10, 2013
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24,248
SE PA USA
11-24-24 Carmel High vs Hollister High in the CCS Semifinals at Monterey Peninsula College. It was pouring rain and pretty darn cold...

Taken on a Sony A7R IV with a Sony 70-200mm 2.8 GM OSS. I do not remember the settings but I would guess f2.8, 1/1,000, and more ISO than I care to admit to.

You can find the full game gallery here Padres Football 2024 – Noto's Photos - https://www.petenoto.com/portfolio/index.php/padres-football-2024/

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SSGT.

Starting to Get Obsessed
Jul 7, 2024
239
1,338
Sealy Texas
This dad and his boy come by every morning for a little corn I throw out for them, while I sit on the porch having my pre-poop coffee and smoke. This was this morning taken with my Motorola phone, as you Can see, I'm not a photographer so have at it.
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Briar Lee

Lifer
Sep 4, 2021
5,573
15,722
Humansville Missouri
The last calaboose in use in the State of Missouri until 1977, taken October 2024 in Hermitage. A calaboose is a jail with no jailer, just an enclosure. Those kept in a calaboose either could not make bail or were serving a jail sentence less than a year.

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It was closed after Walter Richard “Wicki” Olinghouse escaped and murdered a man.


When it was in operation, my grandmother (who was a locally famous writer) would have me carry a pie up from her home, and she’d hand it through the bars on the window shown.

It put meaning to the teachings of the Master, and explained a lot of old ballads.


I asked Grandma what would happen to those men if there was a fire.

She said if the Sheriff wasn’t close with the key, they’d all get burned alive.

No doubt, they were carful with the wood stove.:)
 
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