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I Think I Finally “Get” Hipstamatic

June 6, 2013 by Barb 4 Comments

Anemones are one of my favourite flowers and I thought that black and white just might do it justice. Was I right? And did you know that good writing dictates that you shouldn’t use the same word/phrase twice in the same paragraph, let alone sentence…
anemone, black and white, focusing on life, hipstamatic

I do so love anemones, aka windflower.

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Green, I can’t get enough of it.

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The view from where I sit.

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My garden is on the deck (safe from all the bunnies that are roaming around here).

anemone, black and white, focusing on life, hipstamatic

I finally figured out how to use Hipstamatic… duh… for these photos today, I actually chose a film, and a lens!! Woot for me! I used Salvador, Dream Canvas Film, and the Salvador 84 lens (I think…) hmmm, don’t quote me on that though.

How does your garden grow? And how does your computer run?

Last night I was tearing my hair out because my internet was sooooo slooowww. And my computer has been whirring and buzzing ceaselessly. So I finally called our internet provider. Loooong story short. I was up until 11:00 talking to a couple of techies. After all was said and done, they concluded that there was nothing wrong with our connection, it was my computer. OK, fair enough.

But get this, when I called them, our speed was between 85-138 kilobits. When I got up this morning and ran a test, it was at 10697 kilobits! A veritable jet engine. Now, I didn’t do anything, so how would a person explain that? I think they must have reset something and didn’t know it. Whatever it was, I’m not complaining.

But I did get busy and I cleaned up my computer today. I removed almost 200 GB of STUFF! Seriously! I use Photoshop a lot and those .psd files are monsters. And now I’m defragging the old beast, so much fun to be had here!

Long story long, my internet is speedy, and my computer is silent.

Anyway, are you still here? You’re so polite…

Filed Under: Phone Photography Tagged With: flower

Comments

  1. TexWisGirl says

    June 6, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    i end up having to clear my cache and temp files quite often to keep my laptop from lagging. don’t do hipstamatic. :)

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  2. Deb says

    June 7, 2013 at 6:59 am

    What a view!!
    Our garden is full of bunnies & last year we often woke to only the stems left to our flowers! One of my favourite flowers is also one of theirs – ranunculus … they must taste really sweet because they just gobble them up :-} Haven’t bought any ranunculus this year (for that reason) but if I do, I’ll have to take photos of them right away before they disappear!
    Love your Kitchen Garden crate ♥
    Have a great weekend Barb.

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  3. Lori says

    June 8, 2013 at 5:31 pm

    What a beautiful view Barb and like you I am loving all the green and peeks of colour starting to bloom all over the yard!

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  4. Roxi says

    June 9, 2013 at 3:30 pm

    Yes I do love that black and white, mostly because of the shadow of the center of the flower. I played with Hipstamatic one day while sitting on the sofa. I have a lot of different versions of the living room. LOL It helped me to pick some faves. I actually ‘bought’ a lens a few weeks ago when I saw someone else portrait photos. It as D-Type Set and I used the Tinto 1884 + D-Type Plate + Standard. Glad you have your bunny issue solved. I’ve shot 2 this year with the pellet gun. They ate my poppies! I just have to pretend they are monsters and remove my heart from my brain while doing it.

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