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

Weekly Photo Projects, Week 31

Week 31: Silhouette
Sunset
I've been finding myself in a rut lately with my projects. I feel they are more of a chore than a project. I look at the calendar and see a shot is due and, in the case of this week, go to my library to see if I have something that can work. This shot for Silhouette for +Weekly Photo Project 2013 I had originally shot for another purpose that it didn't really work for. So I re-worked it to fit for the theme.

Week 31: Nature
Textured Leaf
For +Project 52 B&W our theme was Nature. This is leaf that I shot (and didn't use) from last week's theme of Macro. Hoping next week goes better.



You can view my Weekly Photo Project album here.
My black & white project album here.

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