Time out

Sometimes it is just good to take a time out. 

And I thought that this time is a good time for such a time out, also, it is a time out :)

Better said, I decided to give a few people a time out.  Because I am tired.

I am tired, of reading the hate messages against people that have not vaccinated. 
I am tired, that people not understand, that I have problems with  an obligatory vaccination for everyone. I think that a democracy can not force everyone, to vaccinate. But I also think, that vaccination is the best way to fight against the virus, and any virus at all.

Anyway, as well as there are many anti-vaxxers,  who are blind for any compromise, there are as well people who blindly believe in vaccination.  Again, I believe in vaccination, but I have an open mind, I now and then can listen to arguements  of 'the other side'.

That all fits by my way of living. I listen, I look to all sides of the meddle. 
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Now my point of view is... you can guess... MY point of view, and most people shall not agree with it fully.
When jpeople, who are very good in discussions, post a thing, and I react on it, like above, I was confrontated with a fanatism, that scared me very much. It is not a simple, I think you are wrong, but it is right away, well, we disagree, and a flood of sentiments come, not in facts, but in emotional  fears. I think that is it ,so many people are scared for the virus

Yes, I am scared as well  And I do NOT understand who is against the cure, the vaccination. And it scares me, very much, that people, who I consider as decent, considering people, react with the same agression as that the fanatic 'other side' reacts.

That are the people, that I want to give a time out. They mean too much for me to drop them off my FB friends lists, but  I NOT want to let me hurt by them.


 So, there is the silence. And it feels so good. Wow.. I love the peace in me, when I take distance from the behaviour, that is not doing me well.  I am grateful, that I not ended up, in communicating at the same level. Maybe you call me coward.  I call it, that I choose for peace in myself. My mental health is as important as my physical :) 

Time out.  But just for a very selective group.  :) I can recommend it!

 

Take your time

Let's talk about photos

I love photography. I love to watch photos from others, so that I can find ideas, how I can find new, or challenging, ways to make my photos. So that quite normal situations, get that different look and therewith a bit different kind of attention.

Nowadays everyone can make photos. The smarrtphones are pretty good, digital cameras are a booming market, everyone is able to make a quick picture of reasonable quality.

I like to show my photos at FaceBook, Instagram and Viewbug, and I am not the only one :)  
I am aware, that many people are much better photographers. And I always think, why that is.  
I more and more find out, that the secret in a good photo is in the time that you take for it. 

Looking to the motive (the 5 seconds rule), before clicking, in that time considering if another angle, another perspective, is maybe giving the photo a bit more.
Then, the knowledge of the camera comes to it. No matter what camera, they all have their own qualities, the (super)wide angle in Smartphones is cool, when you know what effect it has at your photo.
With my dslr I need to change objectives, to get all the things that roll easily out of a smartphone. 

One of the reasons that I make many photos with my camera, is, that it takes time. I have fun in taking photos, and as written above, one of the challenges is to find the proper look.

I see many people, sharing the same hobby as I, making photos, quick and cozy. Nice shots come out, but it is a bit different.  I think everyone can see the differencre between a photo that is shot , just to shoot , or a photo with who the photographer has an idea, a view he wants to give us. 

The social media are perfect places, to show your photos easily.  And when I see, what some photographers (what is in a name), how many photos they post,  then I do not feel like looking to them. Why?

Because most of the photos are the same, a kind of average photo, that 'anyone' can make, and in real makes indeed.

I think that that is the difference between a snapshot and photos.  Photos can be a kind of art. 
And I often think, that I can look as long to a photo, as the time the photographer took for the photo.
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In that view I am so happy, that I can not see alll the work from sme specific photographers. It is not the amount that counts (or being everywhere where action is). It is the empathy, that the photographer has for his photo. And then you can photograph everything, and make it look intresting.

My advise. Take ttime.  Less is more.