. Apparently there's one bid bot that doesn't make you a loss on this platform. It also seems to be a pretty ethical bot. It doesn't make profit for one, so I guess that's a good ting, but I think they also blacklist some accounts, and don't vote in tandem with other bid bots.
. I remain unconvinced that you can make a profit with a bid bot, but I am tempted to try. I've seen many reputable bloggers on here use OCDB, which is the ethical one I alluded to in the previous paragraph.
. In other news, I've started dabbling with macro photography. I have a beautiful macro lens that has been gathering dust all this time, but I was inspired by some macro shots I saw on here, so I decided to unrest the lens, whack it on my camera, and give it a few shots.
. Unfortunately, it's night time here so I'm unable to head out. I have been playing around with indoor lighting and toys. This lego figure reminds me of a humanoid bot, which lead me to thinking about bots on Steem.
. There's thriving community of photographers here on Steem. Many awesome photographers have left since the price went down, but many have remained and still post regularly. The photography contests have mostly vanished, but sharing personal photos is still a thing, which is great to see.
. I was also thinking about Black & White photography in the digital era. During film times, once you put your Ilford or Kodak B&W film in the camera, you were committed. Today though, we can shoot colour and process to monochrome later. What does that say about intrusion and commitment, in terms of photography?
. There are some photographers out there, street photographers especially, that set their digital cameras to black and white before hand, and shoot monochrome JPEGs. This way, they have the same level of commitment as the film days. It's a kind of self-imposed limitation that some practice. It's akin to a nutritional diet where one sticks to a given way of doing things, even though one doesn't really have to.
. I have done this many times. I've done it with these lego bot figures I've been shooting today. I've also done it the other way - where I shoot in colour and then play around in Lightroom afterwards. I'm not sure which I prefer to be honest. It all depends on my mood I guess.
. I do, however, also shoot film - colour and monochrome. I used to be a B&W geek when I shot a lot of street photography, but these days I love to shoot in full colour. There's so much out there that I've never tried, in terms of film, even though they're not made anymore. I thought I'd enjoy them before they're forever gone.
. Thanks for reading.
