Monday Morning Special: Picnic Photos!

[tamaranth]

It must be awful, having a Job and having to go to it on a morning like this. </sincerity> These should cheer you up!



Captions on mouseover, probably. Larger, non-blotchy versions available on request. swisstone, did you want that photo of the temple paving?

Oh, did anyone take any reasonable photos of me? Those shades are remarkable. (They come from America, you know).









Ah yes, I was going to ramble on philosophise about why I take photographs. Not very interesting. Some of them are aids to memory, and some are attempts to capture a particular way of seeing something (these latter are the pretentious arty shots of chopped strawberries, blurred fireworks, wave-rippled sand with a sun-dazzle of reflection). Most of them, though, are so that I can say 'look at this, it's beautiful / interesting / amusing / worth looking at': the impulse to communicate, to share, which is what LJ is all partly about.

Oh, and I only keep about 20% of the shots I take. The digital camera is a great boon in this respect: you wouldn't believe the number of printed photos I've thrown away ...

Comments

[zoo-music-girl.livejournal.com]

Great photos! My friend WINOLJ is called Tim btw. And could you send me that photo full sized please?

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

Nice... must get round to posting mine soon...

[incy.livejournal.com]

nice photographs

[drplokta]

I have a quick suggestion. I have no idea what image editing package you're using, but if it has an option called something like "Resample" or "Smart Resize", it should give very much better results on resizing photos.

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

ooooh! Doesn't always make perceptible difference, but on some it is quite noticeable. Thanks for that!
(using Paint Shop Pro 4, as it does 90% of everything I require from an imaging program: have only just plucked up courage / disk space to install Photoshop 7 ...)