A Day Around Home in W. Paradise

A Day Around Home

April 20
Written April 22

Dear Friends and Family,

After a few days of driving here and there, we decided to stay around "home". It's not like we were leading a hectic life on vacation, but it seemed time for a bit of a slow(er)down.

For exercise, we took a walk along the Drau River, or more properly, along the local lake formed by the dammed Drau. The path was much better than the other direction, which we had tried a couple of days before. We had a few nice houses to snoop on, but mostly it was a time for sketching (M) and taking pictures (J).

A highlight for the walk, at least the noisiest event, was a visit to a pig pen. The little guys were kind of cute, but we were thankful for a strong fence between the big mom and dad and us.

After the pig pen, I concentrated on trying to make something of a cloudy day, not the easiest picture-taking atmosphere. First, I tried a view to the south, over a village, into the mountains. The "plain" photos were pretty washed out, the effect of the bright cloudy light. Later, I shifted a few of the shots to "high dynamic range" (HDR) and, for these scenes the clouds looked much better. I liked the results. Opinions?

I also tried pictures of the very few flowers or buds that had ventured out early this year. The best picture turned out to be one of a "pine blossom". In this case, HDR just made the image a bit fuzzier and flatter. A lesson learned.

Pine bud as-is on left. HDR on right.

The rest of the day was spent catching up on reading, writing, eating, and a few sips of wine. Not a bad day.

Regards,

John and Marianne

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