Retired. Having fun with photography. Journal daily. Meditate daily. Learning haiku. Have a love for fountain pens.

6 Comments

  • Earl

    January 21, 2021 at 3:03 am

    Totally agree; Amanda Gorman is absolutely amazing. Her work and her performance of it during the inauguration held me spellbound. But then the whole day was a pretty amazing and emotional journey.

  • Faye

    January 21, 2021 at 5:35 am

    Agree, Amanda Gorman is a treasure. I tear up every time I read her words. But then, I was teary-eyed most of the day. Let us hope we can breathe a little easier now and feel good about the future.

  • Tom Dills

    January 22, 2021 at 11:21 am

    Embrace the contrails, Monte! 😉

    Actually, I often have the same issue. There are just some places that seem to have more contrails than others, and some weather conditions where they stay around for hours! The healing brush usually does a pretty good job but is somewhat inconsistent.

    One thing I’ve wondered though, is that I can’t get the “Auto Mask” feature in the brush tool to put masks on people’s faces. 🙂

    It’s interesting how in the last few days, our general outlook seems to have taken a more positive tone. We’re far from having things “fixed” but we’re finally seeing a competent approach. As much as we managed to think we were avoiding it, the constant noise of the past few years was a weight. The feeling is a good one!

    • Monte Stevens

      January 23, 2021 at 10:05 am

      I really only think about the contrails when I’m taking the image. Post processing them is not all that big a deal. I don’t think Americans are waking up in the morning wondering what hatred was posted during the night or early morning hours. Enjoy your weekend!