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When considering Bartjeej's critique of my photo I couldn't help think of contemplative photography - pictures that suggest contemplation. "Contemplative photography is an artistic practice that combines mindfulness with the act of taking photographs, encouraging the photographer to be fully present and aware while capturing their surroundings. This approach emphasizes observation and perception, allowing individuals to engage deeply with the moment and find beauty in everyday scenes. By focusing on the process of seeing, contemplative photography nurtures a personal connection to art and nature." https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/art-and-meditation/contemplative-photography. The photos can be of of anything - nature, people, creatures, things etc. Henri Cartier-Bresson wrote, “Technique is important only insofar as you must master it in order to communicate what you see. . . . In any case, people think far too much about techniques and not enough about seeing.” As usual, this Challenge will consider originality, technical merit and artistic vision (though as per the definition, technical merit is not as important) No change to the tried and trusted rules, which are as follows: 1. Either take pictures that match the nominated theme or select one from your portfolio. You must be the photographer that created the image in order to enter it. 2. Only one entry per challenge, please. If you want to withdraw an entry and replace it with another, that is OK, but you must make it clear in the post containing your replacement picture that this is what you've done. You can add or change the title and add to the edit line to let everyone know. 3. The decision of the curator at the end of the challenge is final - don't give him/her a hard time about it: this is just a friendly photo challenge, after all! 4. The winner will assume the responsibility of curator for the next Challenge, and as soon as possible post a message in a new thread in the Cameraderie Photo Challenges forum, with details of the new theme. Don't forget - the opening message must include a copy of these instructions, which also double as the rules. 5. The curator cannot enter in his / her / their own challenge The 76th Cameraderie Challenge will run from now through December 31st. I'm looking forward to seeing your photos.
My old AIO PC is getting long in the tooth. Granted, it has never been very fast, just adequate. That leaves me salivating at buying back into Apple with one of the new M4 Macs. My limiting factor is price, <$2000. I want to get the best bank for the buck. For me that looks like a base M4 Mac Mini, or at the most upgraded to 512/1TB storage. (A base computer at 256gb in this day and age is laughable.) But that also leaves me with buying/acquiring keyboard, mouse, monitor. I have a decent used monitor I can go with. As well as keyboard and mouse, though new ones would be nice. This all leads me to considering an M4 iMac. I have had iMacs in the past, and really like them. But as is Apple's way, the base iMac is less computer than the hundreds cheaper base Mac Mini. Even though it includes a keyboard, mouse and arguable a very nice monitor. It is very frustrating. Lastly, I will need to purchase external storage. I am not really sure what direction to go with here. I currently have a single 1tb ssd I use for storage, plus an internal 1tb internal in the existing PC. This houses most of by library. With some other libraries on various machines I will need around 3tb, just to store existing files. Then additional storage for new files. Are external hdds or ssds the way to go? I am just not certain, as well as being cost limited. Those of you with more knowledge, what do you suggest? Thanks.

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