The Longest Night

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The longest night of the year, the death of a cycle and the beginning of a new one. Happy Winter Solstice to all, and hope the light is born today lead us out of this strange times.

The Longest Night · Amenra

Coisas bonitas que chegam na volta do correio!

Numa altura que a minha relação com o universo das viagens está meio que num estado amor/ódio, ser lançado algo que vai no caminho inverso do imediato e do rápido parece-me um raio de luz. Para saborear com calma, devagar.

Longa vida para a revista Primitiva!

A cardboard box labeled Primitiva features abstract geometric designs and text.Four boys dressed in red robes are joyfully gathered around a smartphone while standing outdoors.

So… Leica released a new M without the rangefinder part, only with an electronic viewfinder.

I’ll grab some popcorn, sit down and start reading the comments!

How not to love Flickr’s error page?! Has been this one for some time, but it still almost makes me see wanna see it more often!

…Almost.

A young child is playfully pulling on a leash attached to a panda-shaped object, with a multilingual text about resolving an issue overlaying the scene.

Yet again the internal memory of the Ricoh GR III saves the day, despite only having it for some weeks. Don’t know why we don’t have this from more manufacturers, doesn’t need to have super capacity, just enough for a few shoots when you forget the SD card.

Every once in a while I stumble upon some kind of rant regarding Adobe subscriptions prices or hidden fees. And the more I see this the more I glad I moved to darktable years ago. Yes, the UI may not be as polished and sometimes might have multiple ways to do same thing (in true open-source fashion), but I’d rather have that than feeling trapped in corporate greed. And it’s free as in free beer, but that’s really secondary.

In a world with less and less hope, losing the truly inspiring people, someone as inspiring as Jane Goodall, is particularly hard… But the work and message carries on and can still inspire us.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPLo…

My photo site (built on Hugo) was taking a lot to deploy after I added all the older content, as the pipeline was always deploying the entire site. Finally took time to look at it, and only upload the changes. I guess I got a slight improvement.

www.joaopedroalmeida.com

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Como gostava de poder ver isto em pleno Planalto Mirandês! Nos próximos dias vai estar nesse cantinho de Portugal, para quem estiver por perto.

“Febre de Burro”

I love postcards! I try to send them as often as possible when I travel. I love receiving them at home ! This one made it all the way from Albania.

Postcard with a photo of a tall clock tower stands between two buildings with trees casting shadows on their walls.