The Pros and (Mostly) Cons of Upgrading to a 4K Monitor

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I'm in the process of getting back into photography which will mean a new camera, more on that in a later post. But the first step for me was a new computer, one with the horsepower to handle a modern day camera and its RAW files. Along with the computer comes a new 4K monitor. 4K is great for media consumption, right? Your characters on your favorite show or movie really look detailed and realistic. Scenery looks wonderful. Everything looks great, right? Wrong. You know what doesn't look great? That photo I took in 2012 that I thought was sharp but is very much not. I transferred over my past catalogs of photos over to Lightroom Classic and eagerly began opening up some of my favorite photos. At first I was happy with how the colors looked and how the scene was composed. Then I noticed it was a little soft. Well I had just gotten a new contacts prescription so that must be it. Changed to my glasses and the photos were even blurrier! I went through photo after photo and most ca
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2 for Week 21 GPlus Project 52


Rewind back to the end of 2011. Google+ was still fresh and new and I came across a post asking if there'd be any interest in making a group of photographers who were intimidated by doing a 365 project but could probably handle a 52 shot project. Probably to the surprise of Giuseppe Basile there were a lot of people interested. And so a list of themes were made, and subsequently copied into Evernote for future reference.

Fast forward to today and I see that the information I had for this week was outdated. Back in 2011 week 21 had a theme of flower. And having checked my Evernotes I dutifully shot a flower. Then as I was searching the #2012Project 52 tag on G+ I realized there were a bunch of white photos, with a flower or two mixed in. A quick look at the group page and sure enough there had been a change in theme. Week 21 was now "Mostly white". Some quick thinking, and a push up on the EV dial brought me the second shot. So, it a 2 shot Monday.



You can view this, and the rest of my Project 52 photos here.

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