NE Portland Flowers and Bums (Photos)

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Shot with Canon Powershot G7X MkII

I took a long walk around the block and saw some fun stuff. Before that, I took some photos of the birds at the birdfeeder and tried some new strategies to get a wing or flying shots. I used a flash with the 100mm lens but I was so close that the second I took a shot the bird would take off. It is just too dark to take great shots at this point. I traded out to the 150-600 Sigma and backed up from the bird feeder and set up a small Aputure light and put it as close to the feeder as possible but it only gave out so much light. I am going to get a much larger light and try that. I also saw a crackhead, some dudes smoking crack, and some pretty flowers on my walk.

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Photo Journal: Retail Hell (Photos from the war inside the store!)

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This is nothing. The following is barely a slice of the stuff that retail, customer service, and others deal with in the real world. This doesn’t cover the hundreds of thieves, assholes, horrible managers and customers, or the stress of dealing with covid, rioters, protestors, and bad teammates.

Here are just a few photos to demonstrate some of the madness that occurs in the stores that you shop in every day. When you open your doors to the masses you see what society has to offer.

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