<TL;DR>I'm back!</TL;DR> Well, seems like my leaving of dA have gone similar to the one described in some funny "guide to leaving deviantart" I read recently (and I really changed my account pass to a string of numbers and hid it, but unfortunately, I still have pretty decent memory and thus it all came to nothing XD), and through last few days the urge to login became irresistible.
Side effects of my little absence here were quite unexpected. The month after my leaving I started taking photos again. Looking at the dates on folders on my disk I realized, that I took more photos in December alone than in the last two years. Last time I had so much fun photographing was at the very beginning of my journey with photography and dA.
I've also upgraded my equipment a little, due to two accidents. The first one was a real fail-day. I went to the beach in Sopot, eager to start photographing, but my enthusiasm was quickly and considerably reduced by the fact that I left my battery in the charger at home. So I went back. Journey takes ~1h and it was already about 2 PM so there was no point of returning. Then I thought about long exposure shots of cars passing down the expressway, only a few bus stops from my house. It was already getting dark and it's the best time for a pictures like this. After a few quick shots I wanted to change the angle so I started adjusting the tripod but apparently applied too much force (and the rotation lock was on btw. XD) and there I was, frozen, with the broken tripod and with only a few pictures in my camera (
files.myopera.com/kovnas/files… ). I ordered a new, better tripod.
Then, the next time I went to the sea (with new tripod, of course I double-checked the batteries before I left XD) a gust of wind caused my camera to take a dive in the sands of Baltic Sea. Yeah, sands, not waters fortunately (it was really a close one) but still, every time I wanted to zoom in/out with my lens I could feel sand inside the mechanism. I ordered a new, better lens.
What won't kill you makes you stronger. And your wallet thinner.
As for the pics - instead of spamming you with all of them in one or two days I'd rather submit them gradually and with the chronological order. I believe I made some progress and hope you'll enjoy seeing my new photos as much as I enjoyed taking them.
PS. About my goals from previous entry: one already accomplished