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Sunday December 8, 2019
At Ipm we went, as invited, to Wolf and Fabiola's for lunch, however we were greeted by Valeri in a fancy white gown so we correctly guessed that we were stumbling onto a second First Communion celebration which is a big thing in Latin America. Naturally, because we were not informed, we had no gift to offer.... Photos will have to be our gift.
They had a really great female photographer, good food and some fellows to sing. Elizabeth, Fabiola and Alex outdid themselves keeping everybody fed, watered, and entertained. It was a really lovely afternoon. Martina the parrot was a highlight for me, as was the 2-week-old baby that made the rounds often.
The photographer was very professional and experienced in getting unusual poses as you can see. In talking with her about photography and cameras I realized that I must have seemed like the Village Idiot. For years I had been confusing Film speed ASA with Digital camera ISO. For 40 years, with Film cameras I would not go higher than 800 ASA film because the shots were grainy if your focus wasn't tack sharp. The 2 codes are related, and similar, but digital cameras have built-in noise-suppressors that help greatly. Using a high ISO is not as scary as using a high ASA film.
So later I took her suggestion and went to our well-lit main square to try night shooting with a high ISO (I chose 6,400 ISO as a challenge) and took a few shots and I was very pleasantly surprised that they came out not bad at all.
Then, researching online to confirm my stupidity, I ran across an article mentioning a Nik Collection, Dfine 2 filter that works amazingly well to control noise (snow in a low-light photo). It rang a bell so I checked my PhotoShop and I do have that filter loaded, I just never knew what it did! So I re-did my night shots and they are even better..!!! Learning all the time....
Then I walked 6 dogs at night as well... Not a good idea with an ailing back and they all decide to poop for me.
I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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