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r.harris1

r.harris1

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Feb 20, 2012
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Clix Pix said:
Female Belted Kingfisher perched on one of the posts on the pier. These little birds move very quickly and often I'll hear her distinctive verbalized click-click-clack-click sound as she zips past, but don't see her. Yesterday I looked out the sliding glass door and saw her sitting there on that post, big as life. Whee! I knew, though, that if I grabbed the camera and opened the sliding door she'd be gone before I even stepped out on the deck. Instead, I used the RX10 IV with its long fixed zoom lens at 600mm (35mm equiv) inside the house, shooting through the glass door. In editing, I increased contrast by quite a bit, also increased resolution by using Gigapixel, and then was able to crop more deeply to enlarge the view of this small bird.

Some years ago when I first saw a Kingfisher I thought that the white spots were the eyes, and it was later that I learned that their eyes are actually black and hard to see. Fortunately there was a small catchlight in this one's eye and I also did a bit of "dodging" (old darkroom term for lightening exposure of an area) around her eye to make it a little more apparent in the image. Isn't she cute?

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These are one of my favorite birds and are a joy to see. Recently, I was walking alone by a snow lined creek and a shape zipped through my peripheral vision and it was a male (less interesting looking) but very fine. So fast!
 
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Steven-iphone

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DanteHicks79 said:
I've been going through and clearing off files from old hard drives I've got in storage; as I finish one, I disassemble it, and crack the platters to ensure nobody is ever reading that data ever again.
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I took about 8 hard drives for destruction. The facility put each one under a press with a rod that punched through the center of the disk platters - no disassembly of the hard drive required.
 
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bevsb2

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Waxing Gibbous Moon 4/26/2021 taken behind my house

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Matsamoto

Matsamoto

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Oct 31, 2018
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Halmstad, Sweden
DanteHicks79 said:
I've been going through and clearing off files from old hard drives I've got in storage; as I finish one, I disassemble it, and crack the platters to ensure nobody is ever reading that data ever again.
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Thanks for answering.
It sounds like a fun project and at the same time little time consuming, if you have many HDDs🙂

I actually have one of those (3tb WD Green) as a backup for my photos in my current PC.
It has been working great and no errors for the 6 years I've been using it.
 
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tizeye

tizeye

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Orlando, FL
Matsamoto said:
Thanks for answering.
It sounds like a fun project and at the same time little time consuming, if you have many HDDs🙂

I actually have one of those (3tb WD Green) as a backup for my photos in my current PC.
It has been working great and no errors for the 6 years I've been using it.
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I have a similar set-up on my PC's which I personally build - OS and Programs on SSD and data on spinner HD. On both PC's, 8 and 6 years since build, have had no problems with the spinners but two weeks ago had SSD failure on the 6 year build dedicated to security cameras and minor other tasks, like 2nd monitor browser as the PC's are side by side. While have had failure of spinners in the past, the abruptness of the SSD failure - not recognized as a drive, much less boot drive - was eye opening. Hadn't bothered to back it up like the other PC, MacBook Pro and wife's computer to the Synology NAS, rationalizing the start clean with new drive OS install and program re-install. Spinner hard drives designed for task - 4TB Seagate Surveillance drive for security camera PC, 2 8TB (2 blank bays) WD Red for the NAS and standard 4TB WD Blue (replaced a 2TB Black) on the PC. While prices of SSD have decreased, would hat to think of the cost at that capacity. Plus, enjoy the speed with program operation but don't really need it for data retrieval/saving - plus the abruptness and lack of warning of that SSD failure is concerning.
 
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Matsamoto

Matsamoto

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tizeye said:
I have a similar set-up on my PC's which I personally build - OS and Programs on SSD and data on spinner HD. On both PC's, 8 and 6 years since build, have had no problems with the spinners but two weeks ago had SSD failure on the 6 year build dedicated to security cameras and minor other tasks, like 2nd monitor browser as the PC's are side by side. While have had failure of spinners in the past, the abruptness of the SSD failure - not recognized as a drive, much less boot drive - was eye opening. Hadn't bothered to back it up like the other PC, MacBook Pro and wife's computer to the Synology NAS, rationalizing the start clean with new drive OS install and program re-install. Spinner hard drives designed for task - 4TB Seagate Surveillance drive for security camera PC, 2 8TB (2 blank bays) WD Red for the NAS and standard 4TB WD Blue (replaced a 2TB Black) on the PC. While prices of SSD have decreased, would hat to think of the cost at that capacity. Plus, enjoy the speed with program operation but don't really need it for data retrieval/saving - plus the abruptness and lack of warning of that SSD failure is concerning.
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That is sad to hear, that the SSD is failing, and all the extra work and also concerns that it gives.
I'm not sure if a mechanical disc have longer life than an flash drive? Maybe it's the quality of the brand or bad luck. And sometimes it's both at the same time I guess.
For the backups the 3,5" mechanical drive is still unbeatable when you look at the storage/price ratio.
 
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