{"id":1289,"date":"2010-05-16T13:25:23","date_gmt":"2010-05-16T18:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=1289"},"modified":"2010-05-16T13:25:23","modified_gmt":"2010-05-16T18:25:23","slug":"reflecting-on-pasts-and-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2010\/05\/16\/reflecting-on-pasts-and-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting on pasts and futures"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/4612590906\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Reflecting on pasts and futures\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4019\/4612590906_047ded6867.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" title=\"Reflecting on pasts and futures\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reflecting on pasts and futures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I took over 1,000 pictures at yesterday&#8217;s 2010 graduation ceremony at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.morris.umn.edu\/\">UMM<\/a>, and will sometime be putting the least bad of them on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nics_events\">my events account on Flickr<\/a>, but at the moment I have a ton of deadlines looming (grades, etc.) so that&#8217;ll have to wait a bit.<\/p>\n<p>The wind ensemble and choir both did an excellent job (as they always do); these are from before the ceremony started while people were filing in and taking their seats.  I really loved the reflection in the euphoniums, especially the mirror sharp reflection of the Student Center, trees, and sky in the silver instrument.<\/p>\n<p>I took quite a few pictures of that reflection, and struggled a bit with the final presentation.  It&#8217;s not clear to me whether the emphasis provided by the desaturation above, or whether I&#8217;m better off leaving the color alone (below).<\/p>\n<p>The top one makes a really nice desktop image, by the way :-).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/4612590320\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A beautiful day for a graduation\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4067\/4612590320_6c422f7ef6.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" title=\"A beautiful day for a graduation\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A beautiful day for a graduation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/euphoniums\/\" title=\"euphoniums\">euphoniums<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/events\/\" title=\"Events\">Events<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/flickr\/\" title=\"Flickr\">Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/graduation\/\" title=\"Graduation\">Graduation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/graduation-ceremony\/\" title=\"graduation ceremony\">graduation ceremony<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/mirror\/\" title=\"mirror\">mirror<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/morris\/\" title=\"Morris\">Morris<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/photos\/\" title=\"photos\">photos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/reflection\/\" title=\"reflection\">reflection<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/umm\/\" title=\"UMM\">UMM<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/university-of-minnesota-morris\/\" title=\"University of Minnesota Morris\">University of Minnesota Morris<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/wind-ensemble\/\" title=\"wind ensemble\">wind ensemble<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2010\/04\/18\/holy-crap-over-5000-views-in-one-day\/\" title=\"Holy Crap! Over 5,000 views in one day! (18 Apr 10)\">Holy Crap! Over 5,000 views in one day!<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2010\/08\/29\/eeeek-i-have-photos-hanging-in-an-art-gallery\/\" title=\"Eeeek! I have photos hanging in an art gallery! (29 Aug 10)\">Eeeek! I have photos hanging in an art gallery!<\/a> (4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took over 1,000 pictures at yesterday&#8217;s 2010 graduation ceremony at UMM, and will sometime be putting the least bad of them on my events account on Flickr, but at the moment I have a ton of deadlines looming (grades, etc.) so that&#8217;ll have to wait a bit. The wind ensemble and choir both did &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2010\/05\/16\/reflecting-on-pasts-and-futures\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Reflecting on pasts and futures&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[21,17,11,20],"tags":[561,863,105,554,560,564,247,403,563,225,158,562],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-kN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1380,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2010\/08\/29\/eeeek-i-have-photos-hanging-in-an-art-gallery\/","url_meta":{"origin":1289,"position":0},"title":"Eeeek! 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