@jsonbecker makes total sense. Leasing here doesn’t come with maintenance sadly - you have to pay for everything!
@jsonbecker 100% with you on the speed of change tech wise - I believe battery tech is going to get a whole lot better soon.
@jsonbecker ah that’s great. The UK government scrapped subsidies for private EV owners both on cost of new cars and installing chargers back in 2022 - a real bad move IMO. I considered leasing but like buying used and avoiding a monthly payment. Wish we were as progressive here!!
@jsonbecker I’m over in the UK and have just reserved a used Kia e-Niro (2021 plate) - def worth looking at the used market as the depreciation on them is pretty huge even after just a few years and you can get a great price.
@Mikehendley beautiful Mike! Love those iridescent bugs
@jean omg you are def heading to the top of the best-aunt charts with this. A lovely (and educational) gift.
@maique it was this one. Some real classics! youtu.be/aag7-98ni...
@maique that’s just gorgeous. Reminds me when I visited the wide tree-lined Avenida da Liberdade in Lisbon and found an amazing vintage car rally there.
@manton that looks great! Wondering out loud how hard a side-by-side live preview would be to make responsively on desktop, falling back to a preview button on mobile - that might be cool!
Golden eyed street cat, Istanbul.
Heading for the shade.
Pop of Green.
More candids from my Istanbul trip.
@stupendousman oh no - hoping you both get to see it another time and get to do something else enjoyable with your trip!
@DaveyCraney Thanks for the info!
@DaveyCraney happy birthday! Sounds a perfect day. Those cakes are great 🐛
Cooler weather perfect for a dog walk
Nice morning dog walk in cooler weather
@DaveyCraney how have you found photomator? I was beta testing it, (specifically the files&folders way of managing) but was frustrated that one couldn’t reject/pick photos easily. Lovely editing experience however. Now back on Lightroom.
@manton ah yes I was looking through all my bookmarks and wondered why some had summaries and some didn’t- makes sense now!
@pratik ha ha that’s amazing 🤣 I’m currently on a eleventy/micro.blog/bunch of other things setup and thinking of going all in on micro.blog.
More candid portraits. Dolmabahçe Palace, Istanbul.
A landscape alternative of a previous shot. Slightly over processed to bring out the shadows, but this is what the radiant heat of the day felt like to me!
Loved all the white stone everywhere.
Mosque interior. So hard to capture with so many people about, so opted for a shot of the roof.
Finding shade, Istanbul.
Checking the phone. Istanbul.
Loved all the architecture in Istanbul - the perfect backdrop to some candid portraits.
@kimonostereo oh that’s lovely 🥰 the originals are so expensive!
@gregmoore beautiful 🤩 looks very tranquil
Thoroughly enjoying Orphan Black: Echoes. A bit more serious than the first but very much the same wacky sci-fi vibes. 📺
5 hours weeding the driveway and I I’m spent. There’s something satisfying about the kind of tiredness you get from gardening - feels like a proper workout.
Had a bit of a meh feeling evening so got up early and tacked the garden before it got too hot. Sometimes you just gotta get you hands in some soil and do some hard graft outside. That and the sunshine and mood already improving. 🌱
This woman kindly tried to move out of my way thinking she was in the way of my shot 🙂 Loved her red dress.
This Istanbul street cat came and curled up next to my friend Camil and let me get super close. Love the little fang and the chunks out of the ear - clearly a fighter.
More Istanbul cats. This one was super friendly, as you'll see from the next photo. We were all hiding from the beating sun.
Voted.
Green dress.
Portrait of a portrait.
Loved these blue tiles so waited for about 20 minutes and got some nice candid portraits as people walked into the frame.
I might have pushed the processing a bit too far, but it was soo hot in Istanbul and this was how it felt in my head :)
Towner Gallery, Eastbourne.
