AI can help camera admin... I have a fairly advanced case of "Gear Acquisition Syndrome", which has led to me owning two Canon camera bodies (which I use a lot) and - gulp - 11 Canon lenses (some of which I don't use anywhere near enough). One of this morning'
A walk around Horsbere Brook wetland area A nice one hour walk around Horsbere Brook wetland area The 50 acre Horsbere Brook flood storage area was created in 2010 following a series of flash floods that affected more than 300 homes in Gloucester. The £1.5m project involved creating a huge ‘depression’ capable of accommodating the equivalent
A walk (close to) the Roman Villa at Great Witcombe A walk to The Roman Villa at Great Witcombe Unfortunately, English Heritage have closed the site, including the car park, until further notice, as the site is in need of repair and preservation. The site has now been closed for a couple of years, so it is unlikely to reopen
A new project - identifying birdsong at home As a fairly keen birder, I use the Merlin mobile app when out and about to identify bird calls. I decided to try to set up a similar capability on my home network. Becoming a birder sneaks up on you. You start by enjoying a bit of birdsong, then (in
Will using an AI reviewer help make me a better photographer? I've been reprocessing a few old RAW files with Lightroom recently, and uploaded one to my Ipernity photo group site as my 'picture of the day'. Since AI chatbots have been helpful in setting up my IT environment, I wondered how it would fare as a
In defence of saving (and revisiting) those old photos that didn’t make the cut. The days of super-cheap digital storage are gone for now, so it’s tempting to clear out those old images that never got properly processed, and make room for the new stuff. I’ve been discovering that I can get some good photographs out of yesterday’s bad ones with
Moving away from Flickr Now I’m retired, I’ve started thinking about where I spend my money, and with the current state of the world, how much of it I want to give to huge companies and their billionaire owners. I’ve been a paid member of Flickr since 2008, and with my
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