Thanks, Bob. I had not the slightest idea that Xanadu and Chengdu may be connected in any way.
On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 7:43 PM Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > Some very interesting pictures there, Boris. > > Did you know that Chengdu is what we now call Xanadu...? > > > On 1 Jan 2019, at 17:21, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It does not work for me this way, Stan. > > > > Normally, when I go on a trip abroad, I would take more consistent > > pictures, but less interesting or less inspired, if you will. > > > > If you're inclined to go through 25+ pictures - have a look here: > > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1H7burQbgc8DiRi5SPYFheKR11tcBBRPN > > > > I've just returned from a business trip to China. I had few evenings and > > one full day where I could take pictures and generally not be in the > state > > of work. All pictures are taken with Oly EM-1 and Oly 25/1.8 - nifty > fifty, > > which is very nifty indeed, as far as technical quality is concerned. > > > > They are ok-ish, but they are not spectacular. I am still trying to find > a > > different rendering of this or that photo, but... > > > > I don't have any particular issue with my muse. She is just ever so > > slightly bored, as always and she lets me keep on going like this. > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 5:17 PM Stanley Halpin < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> Dan, I’ll borrow your thought: changing latitude as a way to change > >> attitude. > >> > >> When I travel, I take pictures. When I am home, the cameras mostly sit > >> unused. However I find that I can nicely scratch my photographic itch in > >> two ways. > >> > >> First, I try to be observant, looking for photo ops. Doesn’t matter > that I > >> don’t have a camera along, I’ll see something happen, and will think > about > >> how to capture that scene. > >> > >> Second, in between trips I have the joy (chore?) of reviewing all of the > >> images, keywording, rating, selectively processing, sharing… I do this > in > >> small batches, trying to be quite deliberate, thinking about what I > could > >> have done to improve each image when I shot it. Sometimes trying to > discern > >> why I had bothered. > >> > >> For me, each of these approaches helps maintain photography as a > learning > >> experience for me, which makes it interesting and challenging, which > keeps > >> me going through the doldrums. And if nothing else works, then I > research > >> my next destinations and try to previsualize the images I hope to bring > >> back next time. Back to South America in a couple of months, Iberian > >> Peninsula and Western Med this fall, NZ and Australia Feb-March 2020, > back > >> to Alaska in August 2020 - I have many upcoming opportunities for > >> inspiration. Sooner or later my health or financial resources or both > will > >> run out and I will fall back to careful reviews of past adventures. > Until > >> then, I intend to keep on changing latitudes. > >> > >> stan > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Boris > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
