1bwana1 wrote:
The pictures of this town bring out the buy flip instincts in me. I guess maybe the economics don't support it well in that area.
There is a fair amount of home buying and fix-up, as prices are quite low and people relocate from higher cost metro areas around Puget Sound, and beyond. There are not many areas in the US where you might buy a home for $50,000+, regardless of condition. Many livable homes go for just over $100k (almost all properties need some repair, or remedies for deferred maintenance). We cashed out of CA and look forward to the lower living costs here as full retirement approaches.
Together with Greenland the Trondheim region is the only one in all of Europe that is "green" now (less than 25 infected people per 100.000) so there is a Christmas market this year too. Pretty much as busy as usual, but with some queuing restrictions.
A7II and CV 75mm f/1.5:
Full disclosure - this image was processed using photoshop's new sky replacement technology and a simple routine to create a reflection using a process outlined on Matt Kloskowski's blog (https://mattk.com/solved-sky-replacement-and-auto-reflection-tip/). While waiting for the full implementation of sky replacement for Luminar Ai, I thought I would give this a go. It's pretty easy and does a pretty good job. I need to learn more of the details to make this even better but for the five minutes to go from before to after, it's pretty cool.
With all the hoopla around the upcoming 35 GM, I thought I would share this photo I took about a year ago with the Sony Zeiss 35 1.4 @ 1.4. I'm quite happy with how it turned out, though, it looks much darker posted here.
We bought our house out of foreclosure -- it was our old family home from 1930, but sold after my mom passed away in 2004. After the new owners gave up, no one really wanted it because of cosmetics (mostly), but also the need for repair from elements. So we got it for an amazing price. Still a lot of work to be done, such as new shingles, painting exterior, modern windows (maybe!), and some minor plumbing. We might at some point remodel the single bathroom, but currently I'm in the middle of doing French drains, and just had an excavator do some dirt rearranging. But it's not too bad, and certainly not in the condition of the poorer parts of town that have seen decades of neglect and deferred repairs.
You see how people live in the town, day to day, and what is important many times is not the exterior or appearance, in favor of having a relaxing place to live when not working, or a place to store their outdoor interests such as boats or RVs.
Obviously I'm biased, having grown up here. ...Show more →
I do like the sound of Aberdeen Jim, real character and, by the sound of things, real characters. You have also shown us some truly immaculate houses there, which is a slightly tenuous link to this immaculate Summer House in a 17th century walled garden of a stunning house on the Cornish coast, so for me, very close to heaven.
The decorations are shells (mussels, clams and scallops) set into the cob (earth) wall.
HelenaN wrote:
Together with Greenland the Trondheim region is the only one in all of Europe that is "green" now (less than 25 infected people per 100.000) so there is a Christmas market this year too. Pretty much as busy as usual, but with some queuing restrictions.
A7II and CV 75mm f/1.5:
Thank you, I'm glad you like it. With that one I mixed up the colors a bit in post to give a different mood. I'm still a little green in that area, just playing around. And tried to layer the supporting context of the image in the out of focus areas.
