March 29, 2020 – WOW – Sure hope the Coronavirus does not hit us. We need to do what the experts tell us to do whether we get hit or not. What to do when inside? See one thing I do – read on:

I hope the virus does not keep me inside – by decree or by actually having the disease. I am very careful using Purell, soap, and 6 foot social distance. So far, I am able to spend around 4-6 hours per day out and about.

When indoors, I study and play with photos. I study the question “why we take photographs” – It seems appropriate that I should study the question since I ran the Photo Club here at TGO for many years. 

This is number 8 of one list of many reasons for taking a photograph:

“8. PHOTOGRAPHY LETS YOU SEE THINGS THAT YOU MAY NEVER NOTICE OTHERWISE”

Taking a photograph lets me see things I never noticed when I saw the situation.  I take hundreds of pictures some weeks. How can I do that?  Do I cary my camera along with me all the time? – Yes, I do exactly that. My camera is my cell phone.

When I look at something with my eyes only, I can’t possibly take in every aspect that is within my vision. For instance, a beautiful sunset only lasts so long and I may not notice all aspects of how the colors play on the water.  Or, the snake raised its head and look me in the eye for a split second but I did not notice the twitching of the tail.

When back home, I look at the photograph on my computer.  I have all time I want and I see see things I never saw when I snapped it.

But more important is, when outdoors with my camera, I saw things – like a wasp – that I was too slow on the finger to include in the photograph. By the time I snapped the photo the wasp was gone!  So, I use PhotoShop to make the photo show you what I saw even though the camera did not catch it.

I do not use Photoshop all the time – some times it is really as I snapped it – Anyway here are some things I saw that I want you to see too – Some are real and some are fixed up a little to include things that I saw, wanted to see, and did not capture.  Hope you enjoy these few snaps of my time out-and-about as much as I enjoyed being out-and-about.