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Happy New Year to everyone! Now that I've finished this, I think I'll start mine catching up on some sleep, haha.

Up for a walk at Nosehill park today with a friend and fellow flickrite. Brisk, cool wind, but still in the + temps. No frozen trigger fingers yet :)

Back to liking Light Room again. I think I've trialed DxO enough to justify a purchase for use in certain circumstances and as an alternative. I like how it handles certain things better than LR, but I realized how I enjoy the extra creative tools LR has - the brush and filters aid me in the creative process more than I'd thought at first.

Sometimes I put expectations on myself about photography which can have an undesirable effect. I won't go out if the light is crappy, if I don't have the right gear on hand, if there are no flowers, etc, etc. But being out where I was at the time in a beautiful place, I decided to take the opportunity to shoot regardless of the light rain. In the end I've been reminded that shooting in poor light is better than not shooting. I'd taken a couple of dozen shots over a few hours with the mindset that I was just enjoying the time spent. As it turns out, having the images around has further extended that enjoyment and given me a pleasant distraction before bed these past two weeks.

Just do it.