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 24 GPlus Project 52

Week 24 Architecture
The pink lady
Week 24, almost at the halfway point. Which, to be honest, is farther than I thought I'd make it. The theme for this week was architecture so I chose a wonderful specimen of Victorian houses. The Pink Lady, as it's nicknamed, has been on these pages before here given the HDR treatment. This time around it's just a single exposure. I can't imagine the work it takes to keep it looking good.

Trying a new look on the blog, for now. Blogger has what they call Dynamic Views which is supposed to be cutting edge HTML5 code. Up at the top in the black bar you can dynamically change how this blog looks. Some templates work well and some don't. I'm not crazy about the Dynamic Views but I thought I'd give them a shot. The main thing I don't like about them is clicking the image to see it larger doesn't load the image up in a nice lightbox, just a browser tab. Not exactly elegant. We'll see how it goes.

**UPDATE** I didn't like Dynamic Views.


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

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