I went to get chicken for some meal prep a couple of days ago (Missouri, US) and a 1lb container of just chicken breast tenders costs $13, I figured it was a “labor” cost for cutting the tenders off before the customer buys it, like how a container of diced onion costs an order of magnitude higher than just buying a whole onion, but nope, the pack of 2 breasts right next to it cost basically the same, maybe only 50 cents cheaper, and I wasn’t in anything expensive like a whole foods, just a generic lowcost midwest regional store. It’s absolutely ridiculous. Not to mention 2 orange or red bell peppers costs $5…
I agree, I’ve previously dabbled around with adding grain digitally, if you look at my post history you’ll see a picture from Las Vegas a few years back that I went waaay overboard with unfortunately, though at the time I’d been using Lightroom for only about a week or so. I definitely have room to improve but I’ve found using real film and then adjusting colors, contrast, etc. In post results in a much nicer picture, albeit quite a lot more expensive to produce lol
Oh no I totally get that! I just meant when I’m going for an older feeling photo with a bit of nostalgia factor to it I’ve found that using real film gets the look that I’m going for better, I should’ve been more specific. It’s all subjective really but I’ve also taken thousands of photos on different digital cameras and smartphones as well, they’re objectively cheaper and more convenient for sure, but I don’t think one is better or worse than the other.
Thanks! It was incredible in person, though a bit hazy due to the nearby wildfire smoke at the time this was taken in the summer of 2021. Made the farther reaches of the canyon hard to see, I think it’s actually a bit clearer in this photo than I remember it looking person.
28 Years ago, on a Friday afternoon in January of 1996, (Coincidentally sharing the exact dates to January of 2024), on the way from his home in St Helena, CA to visit his girlfriend in San Francisco, accomplished National Geographic photographer and former reporter-photographer for the Kansas City Star, Charles O’Rear,...
Huh, that’s odd but I think I may know where the discrepancy is coming from. When Charles originally took the photo in the '96 he licensed it out under the stockphoto company Westlight. Westlight was purchased by another photo company that was owned by Microsoft, Corbis in 1998. Technically Microsoft could have just licensed the photo as they now owned the company that owned the licensing, but chose to fully buy the rights directly from Charles so they could have unlimited use for it with all the branding for xp outside of just the default wallpaper.
I actually named it Bucolic as a nod to Windows XP! The original name of the Bliss wallpaper was “Bucolic Green Hills” before Microsoft bought it from the photographer.
Ascension (lemmy.world)
Zeiss Ikon Contaflex IV | Ilford Delta 100 Pro B&W | Focus ring stuck in place juuust before infinite focus
Ascension [OC] (lemmy.world)
Zeiss Ikon Contaflex IV | Ilford Delta 100 Pro B&W | Focus ring stuck in place juuust before infinite focus
Green Hill [OC] (lemmy.world)
Nikon D40 | Nikkor AF-S DX | ISO 800 | 60mm | f16 | 1/160s
Curbside [Sears KS-2 | Kodak Ultramax 400 | f2.8 | 125/s] (lemmy.world)
Light Clouds at Sunset [OC] (lemmy.world)
Minolta Hi-Matic AF2 | Kodak Ultramax 400 | 38mm | f2.8
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Curbside [OC] (lemmy.world)
Sears KS-2 | Kodak Ultramax 400 | f2.8 | 125/s
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Minolta Hi-Matic AF2 | Kodak Ultramax 400
Brick and Mortar [OC] (lemmy.world)
Minolta Hi-Matic AF2 | Kodak Ultramax 400
Grand Canyon From Southern Rim [OC] (lemmy.world)
Desert Cliffs [OC] (lemmy.world)
Cliffs at Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Storm Over Petrified Forest [OC] (lemmy.world)
The Road Less Travelled [OC] (lemmy.world)
Minolta Hi-Matic AF2 | Expired Kodak Gold 200
Through The Trees [OC] (lemmy.world)
Nikon D40 | ISO 200 | 27mm | f5.6 | 1/400s
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Nikon D40 ISO 400 | 82mm | f5.6 | 1/500s
Bliss Turns 28 This Month (lemmy.world)
28 Years ago, on a Friday afternoon in January of 1996, (Coincidentally sharing the exact dates to January of 2024), on the way from his home in St Helena, CA to visit his girlfriend in San Francisco, accomplished National Geographic photographer and former reporter-photographer for the Kansas City Star, Charles O’Rear,...
Bucolic [OC] (lemmy.world)
Taken with a Canon Powershot A40. ISO 50 | f8.0 | 1/250s | 5.41mm