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< August 2025

August 1, 2025
The parking ticket was satisfying (see July 31, 2025). Other photographers were nearby taking pictures of a bald eagle in a tree. I headed to the prairie instead. On the radio later in the day I played a Vivaldi flute concerto nicknamed The Goldfinch. Life is brief and beauty is fleeting. In its adult form, a pipevine swallowtail lives for about two weeks. There were noisy children nearby, but I avoided them.

August 2, 2025
There was a lot of Art in the City today. Once a year I take a ballet lesson (see August 5, 2023). I sat in the shade while he risked his neck in the sun. The FIRST time you pick up an instrument it`s fun. I had plans to photograph Art in the City events all over downtown until 6pm, but I ran out of steam by 4:30.

August 3, 2025
In order to get the best angle, I found myself among the large crowd of Michigan fans. This was an exhibition game with lots of substitutions. It was hot and sunny and I left after 30 minutes. Look at the hand on her shoulder. The grabbing, pushing and knocking down makes it hard to enjoy the game. This play went nowhere, and Dayton was a spectator as Michigan dominated.

August 4, 2025
Recently I experimented with using Automatic mode on my camera since I was planning to loan it to somebody. That person will use the camera in Automatic mode and I wanted to see how it worked. Now my camera is on its way to Michigan and I`m here using a different camera that`s more than 20 years old. This is the first camera I bought in 2004 and it`s very low quality compared to what I normally use now. If the technical quality of the pictures is lacking, I can always make up for it with obscurity.

August 5, 2025
It`s another day with an obsolete camera from 2004. I can`t believe I once took good photos with this camera. With a 2004 camera in my hand, my pictures lately seem to echo my photographic style from back then. There was a breakfast cereal explosion on the sidewalk. I don`t understand why some people do what they do, but at least I can take pictures of it (see July 8, 2025).

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