Hi everyone, this is the fourth update on this blog this year!
Since the last update, there has been some progress in PhD. I am done with actual coding, and I am now working on the final sets of experiments. I guess I am at the home straight. There are a lot of data processing, visualisation, and thesis writing to do, but I’m happy that I am making progress.
One of the other changes since the last update is the restriction easing in Scotland. Back in March, I couldn’t even get a haircut. Now, at least in most places that are not hit by outbreaks, more socialising can happen outdoors, and even indoors. This has lead to more traffic to and from the town, seeing the town looking more lively. This is exciting, yet, I am really hoping the virus could be kept under the control. On a more positive note on this topic, online registration form of COVID-19 vaccine for age 18-29 has opened. I believe, without this, at some point, everyone who is registered with the GP should be receiving an invitation. However, this is probably also the age group that are quite likely to be moving places relatively often, perhaps not been to the GP for years, and/or not even registered with a GP. In fact, several people I know noticed their record ware either not up-to-date, or even non existent. I have been able to register, so I will be invited for my first dose anytime after mid-June.
On the photography side, since March, I’ve been more active. I have done a pretty large batch of prints. They were mostly for friends, which is incredibly fulfilling; it is a wonderful feeling to know that they like your work enough that they want a copy. More on this in the later post.
Another photography related news is that I recently submitted a photo to the weekly “BBC Your pictures of Scotland” selection. I was told about this a while back from a friend of mine. She said that I should definitely send a few, and on my first try, I ended up being selected for the week of 21-28 May! It is really great to see my photo shown alongside so many of other nice photos. I have to say I do like the title they gave than the one I’ve given myself😅.
I took this photo when I went up a hill just behind my house. In the past year or so, I’ve been going up the hill every now and then, as it gives a wonderful vantage point to see the whole of St Andrews. This was shot with a camera that I bought during my high school era, Canon EOS 50D[1]which I think have done about 100000 shots with. I got this after saving up the money I earned from a summer job. I guess after using for a decade or so, I’m quite familiar with it. The lens I used is somewhat old too; SIGMA 30mm F1.4 that I bought during the first half of my undergraduate. From time to time, I take just a camera body with a prime lens. This was one of those occasion. When I arrived at the field, it was absolutely gorgeous with the typical warm sunlight a bit before the sunset.
After returning home, and looking through the images, I thought of the “BBC Your pictures of Scotland” and saw some of the previous sets. As it is weekly, I thought maybe it would be fun to submit. I did not expect at all to be chosen. Oddly enough, they don’t tell you when they select the photo, so without my supervisor and one of my friend telling me they saw my photo, I would have completely missed it!
I’m very delighted to see this happen and I shall continue to send few photos every now and then.
So this is it for the time being, will post about the another batch of print I did recently, very soon.
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