u/therealtoomdog

Hey there, I tried searching around, but with a word like light, I get a lot of noise to filter through. And with modern search engines, I get a bunch of things that have nothing to do with what I searched for.

I'm a musician. I'll be driving my vw bus to a two day festival in playing, planning to camp in the bus instead of getting a hotel.

I'll need to charge my phone and run a laptop, but I'd also like a light for the evening.

I was looking at a 20Ah-ish Anker with a couple USB C and one USB A, but it doesn't have a light. I'm talking about just set it on the table like a lamp and plug in my laptop, etc.

Also going to Europe this fall and would like the peace of mind to know my family won't go dead while traveling.

Do you have any suggestions? Do you have an idea that I've missed?

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u/therealtoomdog — 7 days ago

Hello there. I'm looking for feedback on my post processing.

Having read the rules and the FAQ, I'm kind of surprised I didn't see something specifically addressing feedback requests; if there is a better place for this, please send me there.
I tried posting this in the daily questions thread and got nothing 🤷‍♂️
That being said, I did see that flair is only for portfolios, but I also can't post without flair.

Anyway, I am a couple weeks into learning how to use Darktable to develop my raw images. I am going on a trip to Europe in the fall and my camera phone is pretty low end, so I got a 10 year old Sony RX100 to have a chance at getting some photos that would really remind me of the trip. I'm trying to get my skills up to snuff before I go over, so I'm practicing lots of photography.

Back to the point, I have been shooting RAW+JPG and I would like another set of eyes to tell me if I'm going the right direction with my editing. Here is an Imgur link to the jpg my camera gave me as well as three different edits I did to the raw. It feels like I can't get a realistic pic that looks better than the camera jpg; it either gets too sterile or it turns into a cartoon. Would you folks let me know how I'm actually doing?

I am open to suggestions on composition or other technical aspects (although you probably don't have a large enough sample to offer much), but I am specifically interested in how I'm handling the post processing.

u/therealtoomdog — 10 days ago
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I'll put the pic in the comments so that every passerby doesn't have to look at my feet, but I've noticed lately that my instep is red and the ball of my foot on out to my toes is white. Am I causing damage? It's more pink and pale than straight up red and white, but there's a pretty clear line. I can basically always feel contact with my boots where it's pink.

So my feet didn't do that a year ago. Maybe 9 months ago or so, I got my Nicks x Parkhurst V3 in 8.5D and a few months after that I got my Whites MP in 8EE, sized by Baker's. I'm a 9 on the brannok, almost one size wide on the right, with a rather low instep and arch. Before that I was wearing Thursday Boots in 8.5D for 3-6 months, and before that I was wearing red wing safety sole sneakers.

I guess the only other piece of info I can give is I've been wearing Darn Tough medium hiking socks with the nicks and Minus33 hiking sock with the whites (they're a little thicker and it feels like I have a little more room in the whites).

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u/therealtoomdog — 13 days ago