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Post-Processing

Remember when The Long-Suffering Wife and I went to New York City in August and I posted daily “teaser” panoramas (here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here?

Remember how I’ve ranted about how digital photography makes it much easier for any idiot (i.e., me) to take good pictures because you just take hundreds and hundreds and statistically it’s very likely that one or two will suck less than the norm?

Remember how I kept saying while I was in New York that I would be sharing lots of those pictures?

Well, I will be. Soon.

The big problem with operating this way is keeping track of all of those digital pictures and then sorting through them to see WHICH ones suck less than the norm.

I finally finished getting all of the pictures downloaded and organized from one of the five (six?) cameras that I was carrying.

I hope that it won’t take another ten to twelve weeks to get the images downloaded and organized from the rest of them.

What I really need is a really good AI program to do all of the grunt work. Or I need to clone myself. Or I need to clone myself into an AI program! Or two. Or three.

Think of the possibilities!

 

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Slacker!!

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Look at that pathetic performance on the 6th, 7th, and 8th! What the hell was I doing all day?!

Oh, yeah, I was chained to a series of desks trying to get enough done so I could go off to The Big Apple for eight days.

Without looking back at the panoramas for that week, can you guess which days I:

a) walked all over Central Park for hours, only to realize that I had still only seen maybe 20% of it?

b) walked all over Liberty Island, Ellis Island, the 9/11 Memorial Museum, and did the Bataan Death March through a huge chunk of Lower Manhattan?

c) started the day by walking the Brooklyn Bridge?

Sure. I knew you could.

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Out Of The Frying Pan

You may have noticed that The Long-Suffering Wife and I were on vacation in New York City for the last eight days. It was pretty much a “go, Go, GO!!” trip, trying to hit as many first-time tourist spots as possible in one of the largest tourist traps on the planet.

All good things must end. Today it was back to the real world, the office, and everything that had occurred back at the office during those eight days. The good news is that I have a fantastic team there (great job, Esther and Hazel!) and while today was a bit frantic, there weren’t any crises to speak of.

One might think that I would be grateful for a “short week” since I was off in the Big Apple on Monday and Tuesday. But that’s not to be. As busy (and occasionally exhausting) as the road days were, this upcoming weekend will be as frantic or more so.

It’s time for this year’s “Wings Over Camarillo” airshow! (Previous years’ pictures here, here, here, here, here, and here.)

With the Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force being both a major sponsor of the show as well as one of the lead performing groups (at last check we’ll be flying the PT-19, the SNJ-5, the Hellcat, the Bearcat, the Zero, the Spitfire, and the PBJ (flying at her first airshow). The Mustang is currently down for repairs, but will be there to gawk at, sans engine.

With my volunteer role as Finance Officer for the CAF SoCal Wing, I’ll be extremely busy all weekend.

So much for the theory which says, “I’ll catch up on my sleep when I get back from vacation.” Somehow “I’ll catch up on my sleep ten days or so after I get back from vacation, put in long hours at the office, and then put in eighteen-hour days all weekend” doesn’t quite roll off the tongue the same way.

Don’t worry. I’ll take lots of pictures to share. Sometime after I get caught up on my sleep.

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Adventurous Panorama – August 16th

On an adventure, busy, busy, busy, busy.

Don’t worry, taking LOTS of pictures, you’ll have to look at a lot of them later.

In the meantime, here’s a sample panorama from today to whet your appetite.


Home again, home again, jiggity jig!

This was a GREAT vacation!

Tomorrow, back to the “real world,” i.e. work, both at my day job & at my volunteer CAF gig.

Farewell, New York! I can’t wait to come back!

Here we come, Los Angeles! You’ll be stuck with us again!

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Adventurous Panorama – August 15th

On an adventure, busy, busy, busy, busy.

Don’t worry, taking LOTS of pictures, you’ll have to look at a lot of them later.

In the meantime, here’s a sample panorama from today to whet your appetite.


If you visit NYC, I highly recommend a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge!

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Adventurous Panorama – August 14th

On an adventure, busy, busy, busy, busy.

Don’t worry, taking LOTS of pictures, you’ll have to look at a lot of them later.

In the meantime, here’s a sample panorama from today to whet your appetite.


On the left, Chinatown. On the right, Little Italy. Take your pick. Either way, you can eat until you explode and then ask for seconds.

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Adventurous Panorama – August 13th

On an adventure, busy, busy, busy, busy.

Don’t worry, taking LOTS of pictures, you’ll have to look at a lot of them later.

In the meantime, here’s a sample panorama from today to whet your appetite.


Über cool to be there at 22:30 on a Saturday night after seeing a FREAKIN’ OUTSTANDING performance of “Beautiful” – even if it was still 91°F and 55% humidity.

Who can spot The Long-Suffering Wife?

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Adventurous Panorama – August 12th

On an adventure, busy, busy, busy, busy.

Don’t worry, taking LOTS of pictures, you’ll have to look at a lot of them later.

In the meantime, here’s a sample panorama from today to whet your appetite.


That was one freaking awesome thunderstorm that opened up during the pregame ceremonies!

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Adventurous Panorama – August 11th

On an adventure, busy, busy, busy, busy.

Don’t worry, taking LOTS of pictures, you’ll have to look at a lot of them later.

In the meantime, here’s a sample panorama from today to whet your appetite.

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Damn, but she’s a beautiful lady!

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Adventurous Panorama – August 10th

On an adventure, busy, busy, busy, busy.

Don’t worry, taking LOTS of pictures, you’ll have to look at a lot of them later.

In the meantime, here’s a sample panorama from today to whet your appetite.

What is this water falling from the sky and is that one of the reasons we’re being forced to chew our air before breathing it?

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