Friday August 18 2023

[Dave]

Thanks for starting a Daily, MFI. I wonder if it'll be just the two of us.

Lovely sunrise or sunset photo; everything works: composition (including negative space), values, depth, and color all get top marks.

I reworked (new crop and moderate reprocessing) a shot from July 2018. I especially like the colors, because I find that yellow & gold vs gray and blue-gray to be an especially nice combo...

   

I've really enjoyed this World Cup and am looking forward to the final two games. I am disappointed that some of my favorite teams (USA, Australia, and Brazil and others) didn't do as well as I had hoped. On the other hand it was great to see other teams exceed expectations and do so well - Morocco, Nigeria, Colombia, and Japan come to mind.

One trend that was impossible for me to ignore really irks me - I sure could do without all the tattoos. Call me old-fashioned, but do these young women really think these are attractive? And did they consider that gravity and age will win in time, distorting the body art as tissues sag and skin wrinkles.