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[Illaveago]

All landlines are going VoIP by 2025 anyway, it's not a hassle, if you want to keep your number just port it out to a VoIP firm, I could recommend one but can't.

What is VolP ?

Value of lolly Pops ?

 

[DCLane]

Our snow has pretty much melted.

And the very important letter I hadn't replied to turned out to be one of my pensions who have no address. Or contact details. That's despite them sending me letters to my current address for several years until their database deleted me . I'm re-instated pending written confirmation to/from them, with some cash benefits due in a few years.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I think that is a bit unfair to say that you can see the difference between professional and non professional pictures . Most of the public are miles away from the track behind wire mesh and unless they get there early are behind a lot of people . I was reading a bit in an article about a football photographer saying that he used 2 cameras and out of 200 shots would only use 10. Sometimes the non professional photographer may be lucky in capturing something which nobody else saw . Sometimes it is the luck of the draw .

I see the difference as well. Has more to do with processing, exposure, and point of view/composition as well as focus at that time and place.

 

[Gravity Aided]

What is VolP ?

Value of lolly Pops ?

Voice over internet protocol.

 

[tyred]

I dropped the top off my biro and I can't find it now😠

 

[biggs682]

One minute bright blue skies next snow and rain

 

[Speicher]

One minute bright blue skies next snow and rain

Just had about ten minutes of snow, and now back to sunshine.

 

[Reynard]

Chilly, blustery and mostly sunny here chez Casa Reynard, with the odd spit and spot. My friend who lives a few villages along had snow, but so far, we've missed whatever's been in the area.

I did not sleep well. This is getting rather tiresome, and it doesn't matter whether I go to bed early or late. What's not helping is my achey ankle, knee and elbow. More so that I normally sleep on that side. Urgh.

Anyways, my green bin was emptied this morning. Our bin days have switched to Thursdays, so we've actually had two collections this week, one recycling and one garden waste.

It is almost time for luncheon.

 

[Reynard]

I think that is a bit unfair to say that you can see the difference between professional and non professional pictures . Most of the public are miles away from the track behind wire mesh and unless they get there early are behind a lot of people . I was reading a bit in an article about a football photographer saying that he used 2 cameras and out of 200 shots would only use 10. Sometimes the non professional photographer may be lucky in capturing something which nobody else saw . Sometimes it is the luck of the draw .

It really does depend on the circuit. I did a ten year stint as a pro, shooting mainly at Rockingham, Snetterton and Brands, plus assorted meetings at Silverstone, Donington and Lydden. And short ovals.

At some circuits (like Snetterton before it was... ruined) you could actually get better shots from the spectator banking than from the fenceline, especially at Coram and the Esses. Silverstone was shite regardless, because even with a media pass, you're still half a parsec away from the action, and you really need a 300 2.8 with stacked converters to get close-ups. Brands is one of those places where an amateur can get really good photos (although it's harder these days with the wire fencing), and likewise Rockingham, especially when standing on top of the pits garages.

Admittedly, the definition "amateur" covers a fairly broad spectrum, and I started out as an amateur who got noticed. I came second in a national motorsport competition with a shot I'd taken with a disposable 35mm camera, hanging over the gate behind the pit lane at Snetterton. There are amateurs who do some serious photography, and their stuff is pro-level - the boundary is blurred.

But I'll definitely agree with @Gravity Aided - us pros generally have better kit and a better understanding of the kind of shots that are commercial, especially when it comes to cars out on the circuit. I started out my career in the media shooting film, but switched to digital very quickly purely from a financial / operational standpoint.

Though in my archive, I do have a fair few amateur pit & paddock shots that I really like. The portraits especially, because people are posing for the fans, and they do tend to come across far better than the portraits you see in things like press packs, which make the subjects look like they've been sent to a taxidermist.

Having said that, I was largely known as a pit & paddock specialist. I loved nothing better than to stick a long lens on, lurk in the background and people watch. Or sometimes, stick a short lens on and... No, never mind...

Anyways, I hope this helps you understand what I mean.

 

[mybike]

For those down south, snow!
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We had a very light covering of snow first thing, the temperature was 32F & has now risen into the low 40s with sunshine. Wind is in a generally northern direction & the clouds are hurrying south to join the party. The barometer is rising.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I thought it was snowing earlier but it turned out to be falling cherry blossom petals.

Just back from a whisky hunt - I bagged a very elusive 16-year-old Lagavulin.

 

[classic33]

I thought it was snowing earlier but it turned out to be falling cherry blossom petals.

Just back from a whisky hunt - I bagged a very elusive 16-year-old Lagavulin.

You'll be mounting it your wall now I suppose?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

You'll be mounting it your wall now I suppose?

A glass cage seems more appropriate but it's actually a gift so I'll have to exercise self restraint.

 

[mybike]

I have just heard a radio advert that said one internet provider had a thing where you could run a 100 things on Wi-Fi at once! I know I am under the average with just a mobile phone on pay as you go but who has a household that needs to run a hundred things at all, let alone on WiFi!

nmap tells me I'm running 12 devices, although some of those are hard wired. There's no reason why you couldn't run 00 on a wifi, but the throughput might be slowed if they're all using the internet a lot. If you had a lot of IoT devices thermostats, lightbulbs, audio players, doorbells, security systems; you might get pretty high.

 

[mybike]

I completed my hours for the month. As usual this five minute job took three quarters of an hour because I was using Microsoft Excel.

You must be doing something wrong, Excel is probably the best of M$ apps.