Cuddle puddle!

Ooooh! I like how you think!

Stacks on stacks on stacks

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DAE start their parenthetical thought and end up writing full and multiple sentences inside it before returning to the original point?

I try to catch myself and just make a new paragraph when that happens but I’m not always successful.

You pop one off the stack but in doing so it opens up and a dozen springy toy snake thoughts burst out.

Excellent point. I missed the totally obvious extra 0 there. OTOH a 50 foot giant running at 2x20 foot strides per second would be absolutely terrifying. Not that a 50 foot giant isn’t terrifying in its own right. But a sprinter giant? That’s like how I felt after 28 Days Later introduced sprinter zombies. Hell to the no thank you.

Sorry, are you saying 1 stride = 6.25 m? That seems absurd to me. But I’m a short lady, not Mr. Fantastic.

Krylon makes “marking spray chalk” that is temporary and takes anywhere from a few days to a couple weeks to fade. It’s what we used to paint the train tracks on our parking lot for a kiddie train at our fall festival event.

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I have family in Boone. I’ll see if they will spread his story around.

Have you had your kitty checked out by a vet? One dilated pupil like that can indicate a serious condition. PetMD even suggests it’s ER- level concerning. I hope kitty is ok.

The office manager of the hvac repair company we use, came over Wednesday morning before work to loan us a window unit so we could stay cool while we waited for a part to come in for our central air. She’s an angel.

I thought the hitchhikers are supposed to supply the weed. He must have thought he’d won the lottery.

I think Star Wars may have borrowed from their anatomy. They do look extremely distinct.

Biscuits is life!

You jest, but this was s.o.p. for the poor kids in marching band or cheerleading groups where white shoes were the uniform. (I have definitely had to do this in a pinch)

I use so many cheap carabiners to hook things to other things to get them up out of the way. I don’t climb so they’ll never get mistakenly & dangerously used inappropriately.

Sponge and rubber band ideas are new to me. That’s brilliant, thanks!

And water purification tablets or a filter system, just in case.

For the newbies, you don’t want your footprint tarp sticking out from under your tent if you can help it. It will wick water under your tent (rain, dew). Even waterproof fabric can fail given too much water exposure.

I look at focus. Did they opt for wide or narrow apeture. Did they get the focus sharp or did the focus point accidentally fixate on something other than the subject.

I look at composition around the edge of the frame. A random branch or leaf unintentionally breaking the frame. Using something in the foreground intentionally as a frame is different. Crop out the unintentional distraction. Conversely, be aware of ears, hair, arms, hands, legs, feet, (and tails if applicable) getting cut off in the frame. Sometimes that’s a legitimate choice, sometimes it looks like an accident. Maybe better to capture the whole being and crop down later.

I look at white balance and color tone to see if it’s pleasing to me. This is highly subjective depending on the viewer.

I look for other compositional things like straight horizons, leading lines, rule of thirds. And if those rules were intentionally broken as a style choice or accidental.

I believe learners should try to follow compositional rules. Once you’ve mastered looking out for those things while minding your exposure time, apeture, ISO, and focus all at the same time when getting your shot, then you will get a feel for when you can break the rules for more impact and it still be a good photo.