Mundane News

[Reynard]

We used to have a retouching artist here who could work miracles before photoshop or even before computers became common. He had worked for advertising agencies and would have fixed your photo no problem and very quickly. He did a demo for the local camera club once. Very impressive.

My uncle (mum's older brother) was a retoucher back in the day. Not just for the small camera shop their family owned, but also for a big portrait place in town. He also used to hand tint prints as well. I'll definitely agree that it's an impressive skillset.

I've been using Photoshop for the best part of two decades, but I'm still learning as I go along. Some of the stuff that enters my archive is tired to say the least - hardly surprising considering I'm dealing with stuff that's more than 30 years old. Although in this case, I'm cleaning up a digital file in order to be able to make a print.

At the end of the day I'll only get a 6x4 from it, but then I can scan that properly and use the high resolution file to make a bigger print.

 

[Reynard]

Utterly excellent bicycle morning. My skills at simultaneously pedalling, signalling and holding my line are vastly improved, and I know what to do to improve further. We're going to do a longer cafe ride next week, and I'm hoping for another session involving right turns on more congested town centre roads after that. Bikeability tutors are real life superheroes 😎

Yay! Well done you!!!

 

[Illaveago]

Did you pass? Hope you feel better soon.

Thanks .
The test was negative so I haven't got the virus .
Feeling a bit more with it today. Just had a nap .

 

[PeteXXX]

Back from my pedal.. It's quite blustery out there, but not as bad as the previous few days!

 

[Illaveago]

I just compared my last year's diary with this year's and I am up 1.5 times more days with the fairies so far and we are only half way through the year .
I thought I was having a bad time .

 

[tyred]

Monsoon season continues

 

[Reynard]

Lovely luncheon of two slices of wholemeal toast, one with chicken liver pate, one with extra mature cheddar and nectarine chutney, plus a nectarine, some pineapple and two

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Back from my pedal.. It's quite blustery out there, but not as bad as the previous few days!

Is it now a lacklustre bluster?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

When I first got into my hotel room there were 4 pillows, 6 cushions and a teddy bear on my bed. So I moved the cushions and teddy bear out of the way. But every day they put them back again. I think I'm going to hide them in the wardrobe.

 

[DCLane]

@deptfordmarmoset - why not make a sculpture out of them in the room, with the teddy bear on top?

 

[Reynard]

Right, better tootle off and do things constructive.

 

[rockyroller]

at work

 

[oldwheels]

When I went out at about 10ish I was wearing the same sort of outfit I would wear in November and was not too warm but by about midday the sun appeared and it turned out a nice afternoon tho' still the cold NW wind.
Most of this summer I have been wearing indoors the same sort of clothes I would wear in winter.
Tomorrow may be better tho' still windy but Wednesday and Thursday look possible for triking.
I hear a helicopter nearby so it is probably landing at the golf course which usually means a medivac.

 

[PeteXXX]

Is it now a lacklustre bluster?

It's only juster bluster now.. 👍

 

[PeteXXX]

When I first got into my hotel room there were 4 pillows, 6 cushions and a teddy bear on my bed. So I moved the cushions and teddy bear out of the way. But every day they put them back again. I think I'm going to hide them in the wardrobe.

Have you checked under the bed for clowns?
That's where they lurk, you know... 🤡