Stuck In Customs

I thought it’d be fun to go through what turned out to be my top content on social media for the year and that continues today. Mainly I’ll focus on Instagram but I’ll drop in a few others towards the end as when they get traction (e.g. Flickr) the stats go crazy. So, here’s number 3 in my most viewed posts of 2023… does that make them the BEST? Not so sure, but for whatever reason they connected with people, or the algorithm!

This was one of the first images I took in Scotland (finally I made it to Scotland, and it was WONDERFUL)… certainly it was the first I processed and shared and the reach was pretty massive. It was also confusing as I’d made a pretty low effort post, no hashtags, no location tags, nothing. Just a pic and a bit of text and BAM loads of interaction across socials.

Number 3

Photo Information

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• Date Taken2023-06-06 09:07:45
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time0.5
• Aperture7.1
• ISO250
• Focal Length24.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

I thought it’d be fun to go through what turned out to be my top content on social media for the year and that continues today. Mainly I’ll focus on Instagram but I’ll drop in a few others towards the end as when they get traction (e.g. Flickr) the stats go crazy. So, here’s number 5 in my most viewed posts of 2023… does that make them the BEST? Not so sure, but for whatever reason they connected with people, or the algorithm!

This one is interesting… people love the shuttle. But more on that in a few days…

Number 5

Photo Information

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• Date Taken2011-05-16 07:56:01
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/8000
• Aperture5.6
• ISO200
• Focal Length112.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias-1

I thought it’d be fun to go through what turned out to be my top content on social media for the year and that continues today. Mainly I’ll focus on Instagram but I’ll drop in a few others towards the end as when they get traction (e.g. Flickr) the stats go crazy. So, here’s number 6 in my most viewed posts of 2023… does that make them the BEST? Not so sure, but for whatever reason they connected with people, or the algorithm!

Number 6

Photo Information

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• Date Taken2017-05-02 18:30:40
• CameraFC6310
• Camera MakeDJI
• Exposure Time1/100
• Aperture4
• ISO100
• Focal Length8.8 mm
• FlashNo flash function
• Exposure ProgramProgram AE
• Exposure Bias

I thought it’d be fun to go through what turned out to be my top content on social media for the year and that continues today. Mainly I’ll focus on Instagram but I’ll drop in a few others towards the end as when they get traction (e.g. Flickr) the stats go crazy. So, here’s number 9 in my most viewed posts of 2023… does that make them the BEST? Not so sure, but for whatever reason they connected with people, or the algorithm!

I’ve had a lot of fun playing with AI in 2023 and this was the result of one such session, a collection of images from tribes in Papua New Guinea that do not exist… I think I made this one in MidJourney.

Number 7

Photo Information

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• Date Taken2023-12-19 09:45:00
• Camera
• Camera Make
• Exposure Time
• Aperture
• ISO
• Focal Length
• Flash
• Exposure Program
• Exposure Bias

I thought it’d be fun to go through what turned out to be my top content on social media for the year and that continues today. Mainly I’ll focus on Instagram but I’ll drop in a few others towards the end as when they get traction (e.g. Flickr) the stats go crazy. So, here’s number 8 in my most viewed posts of 2023… does that make them the BEST? Not so sure, but for whatever reason they connected with people, or the algorithm!

Number 8

Photo Information

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• Date Taken2012-09-25 16:50:09
• CameraNIKON D800
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/125
• Aperture8
• ISO100
• Focal Length28.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

I thought it’d be fun to go through what turned out to be my top content on social media for the year and that continues today. Mainly I’ll focus on Instagram but I’ll drop in a few others towards the end as when they get traction (e.g. Flickr) the stats go crazy. So, here’s number 9 in my most viewed posts of 2023… does that make them the BEST? Not so sure, but for whatever reason they connected with people, or the algorithm!

(This is one of those images that is always appearing on “free wallpaper” sites… even though I rarely get credit and never really gave permission.)

Number 9

Photo Information

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• Date Taken2024-04-25 22:33:06
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time2
• Aperture11
• ISO200
• Focal Length14.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias+1

Starting today I thought it’d be fun to go through what turned out to be my top content on social media for the year. Mainly I’ll focus on Instagram but I’ll drop in a few others towards the end as when they get traction (e.g. Flickr) the stats go crazy. So, here’s number 10 posts of 2023… does that make them the BEST? Not so sure, but for whatever reason they connected with people, or the algorithm!

Best of?

Photo Information

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• Date Taken2022-09-01 09:50:20
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/1000
• Aperture4.5
• ISO80
• Focal Length24.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

This is a fun one perspective wise!

China 2014-4

Photo Information

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• Date Taken2014-05-25 04:02:21
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time2.5
• Aperture4
• ISO100
• Focal Length24.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

Continuing the theme, this time with a total guess shot from a go-pro hanging off a quadcopter.

China 2014-3

Photo Information

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• Date Taken2012-01-11 03:28:21
• CameraHero3-Black Edition
• Camera MakeGoPro
• Exposure Time1/950
• Aperture2.8
• ISO100
• Focal Length2.8 mm
• FlashNo flash function
• Exposure ProgramProgram AE
• Exposure Bias