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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Week 19 GPlus Project 52

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Hopefully I get back on schedule this week. So to start the week off right we have my submission for the GPLUS::PROJECT52::2012 over on Google Plus. Our theme this week was sky/clouds. I was a little worried at first because my time outdoors was spent under dull grey clouds, then it cleared up and I got a number of good shots to use. In the end I chose this shot because I liked the stacked layers of it.

I've finally built up a bit of a library to get a Thursday post going again, so should have another post up later this week. Thanks for looking!


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

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