i can't go to hell - i'm all out of vacation days. i watch space rocks and yell at computers for my day job. probably too old for any of this

 

i think i might be burned out on internet social. it's hard to keep doing it. it's hard to even maintain the amount of attention i'm already giving it

 

i am the cause of most of my own problems

 

furthermore, capitalism must be destroyed

 

birdsona: ?????

 

🌎 Ontario, Canada


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it's been kind a low key hobby for a while... i've got a little M4/3 i adore for how it kind of sits in a nice quality/portability sweet spot and some nice glass for it. i've just kind of hit a twofold roadblock and haven't done anything with it since though, and it kind of makes me sad...

my favourite subjects are all nature, i just like finding birds or critters or bugs or a weird plant or a cool fungus or something and taking photos of it, but i don't really get out places both because i'm not a car-haver (and not inclined to change that tbh), and i don't really find travel fun in and of itself, unless i can do something with other people, and... i just don't really know any local people. everyone i knew either left the city, or, let's say we don't necessarily agree on important things anymore and i don't really want to hang out with them

the other thing is covid, which has made just... going anywhere not really a thing, and because transit and transit riders simply do not care, has cut off parts of the city that i would have previously accessed via transit. it kinda sucks. i guess i could take some gear with me on my walk to work - we have a lot of nice greenspace along there and on campus, but my pack is usually pretty full since i walk to work and carry all my stuff

the other front is my software and workflow. i had previously been using Adobe Lightroom and i know it's still the de-facto software, but i don't really have any confidence in tying my work to subscription models. i know LR is still available as a one-time purchase, but that purchase is still tied to activation, so i'm just not having it. i know alternatives exist (and i have some planned to try), but it's an effort barrier i haven't managed to clear yet

i really kinda hope i can get back into it. i liked making cool bird photos. i would really like to pick up the most recent revision of my camera body, it does a lot of things that i specifically wished my existing one would do! but i can't justify it for a hobby i'm not actively engaging with atm...


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in reply to @SomeEgrets's post:

This is extremely relatable. I've been remote since early in the pandemic, and I rarely go places now because it's just not super safe/advisable. Losing my commute has meant that I never have photographic targets of opportunity. (Especially birds; my job is located next to an estuary so that's where the day-to-day birds are for me)

I'm not in a rush to go back to work in person (although I'll have to start doing so some of the time soon, I suspect) due to trying to be as cautious as possible about exposure, but in the meantime that means that I only take photos when I deliberately go out on a photographic outing, and that's hard because my brain does not work.

Re: processing software, I really like DXO Photolab, and I know a lot of the FOSS nerds here use darktable

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