Today's Keyboard Smash
Jul. 25th, 2020 06:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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THE UNIVERSE STILL SHOWS ME SMALL KINDNESSES
YES
*ahem* So. I had just asked mum if she had seen any praying mantises, because I hadn't seen any this year. I was worried that something might be wrong, such that they wouldn't/couldn't live here. She assured me there was at least one she saw daily in the iris tires (once we got past the minor hiccup of "what's a mantis and what's a grasshopper," which... :/)
Welp, the universe offered to me a small kindness, in the form of a huge and lovely pale mantis hanging out in with my succulents. Which also meant I could address my recent sadness re: taking photographs.
Behold (and click to embiggen):
(*whispers* sticks m legy out real far...)
Heavily adjusted for color and light balance, because what's the point of having a digital camera if I'm not going to screw around on the computer with its output? Also, the lighting was shit inside the cold frame and my subject wasn't exactly amenable to relocating.
This was all very, very nice.
Also, there was a fry basket on sale at the grocery store. I have now bought it AND oil suitable for deep-frying, because I have designs on the virtue of some dough. *cackle*
THE UNIVERSE STILL SHOWS ME SMALL KINDNESSES
YES
*ahem* So. I had just asked mum if she had seen any praying mantises, because I hadn't seen any this year. I was worried that something might be wrong, such that they wouldn't/couldn't live here. She assured me there was at least one she saw daily in the iris tires (once we got past the minor hiccup of "what's a mantis and what's a grasshopper," which... :/)
Welp, the universe offered to me a small kindness, in the form of a huge and lovely pale mantis hanging out in with my succulents. Which also meant I could address my recent sadness re: taking photographs.
Behold (and click to embiggen):
(*whispers* sticks m legy out real far...)
Heavily adjusted for color and light balance, because what's the point of having a digital camera if I'm not going to screw around on the computer with its output? Also, the lighting was shit inside the cold frame and my subject wasn't exactly amenable to relocating.
This was all very, very nice.
Also, there was a fry basket on sale at the grocery store. I have now bought it AND oil suitable for deep-frying, because I have designs on the virtue of some dough. *cackle*
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Date: 2020-07-26 11:07 am (UTC)And I agree with your argument about screwing around the digital pictures on your computer. I still have an SLR (a 10yo Pentax) but I haven't used it in AGES. I should start again but it seems such a chore... and I'm not even sure if it's compatible with my MacBook anyway.