Every night, I would walk around this block a few times to
stretch my legs, which takes a mere five minutes each. If I go further, that will
take me to the shops, which will take about 10 minutes. Last night, during one of those walks, I noticed a flower growing out of a cement crack. I
thought I would come back the following day and take a shot. The sun was
directly above, a bit to my right, which blinded my sight of the cell phone
screen. My Nokia, although not the latest touchscreen smartphone, has a 5 MP camera, which is not bad. I held my cell phone camera close to the wall and took
several blind shots. This one came out nicely; I didn't have to crop
it. The building, by the way, is the back side of our clinic.
With digital technology, photography has become an affordable hobby that anyone can enjoy, requiring only a smartphone and/or digital camera, along with free photo
editing programs that can make you look like a pro. If you get a few perfect shots out of a thousand, it would not have burdened you with additional costs if you deleted all but the few good ones. I've noticed that some people on Facebook upload all the contents of their digital camera, regardless of how bad some of the pictures
are. A few bad takes can spoil the whole lot. To make an impression, always choose the best photos, crop them, and edit before you upload to Facebook.
I took this photo last Friday, January 4, 2013, while waiting for a friend to pick us up on the way to Khamis City, 175 km away. I wanted to
buy a 29’ LED/LCD TV on sale at Hyperpanda; unfortunately, it was all sold out
when I got there. I ended up buying something better, a 32’ LED/LCD TV of a better brand, alhamdullillah. What's great about these latest hi-tech gadgets is their multi-tasking functions. I don’t only have a wide-screen television, but I also have a 32-inch computer monitor; it’s impossible not to be
amused by it. With HD satellite receivers, even movies you have watched many times
over become more entertaining :-)
No comments:
Post a Comment