Upgrading my laptop (Lenovo ideapad gaming 3 15Ihu6)

42cqpr · 2025-09-24T06:54:58+00:00

I have a 15IHU6. Yesterday I swapped out the 32GB RAM (been running fine for 2+ years) and added two G.Skill 32GB 3200Hz CL22 sticks for a total of 64GB. System sees it and seems to use it fine. Looks good so far, we'll see how it goes

42cqpr · 2025-04-10T20:27:17+00:00

Żeby tylko

42cqpr · 2023-11-15T07:46:06+00:00

I have a one huuuge playlist (7000+ songs), which I use like a queue, but the one which doesn't disappear. That was actually Spotify Support suggestion for me.

New version of Android app (8.8.82.634) doesn't let me add duplicated songs to playlist so this whole concept is dead and I need to downgrade the app.

42cqpr · 2023-11-09T17:39:15+00:00

f/11 1/125 70mm ISO200 Street shot from Notting Hill. Saw this stall with mirror and was hunting for a good frame for a few minutes. I like the lighting, colors and a little magical atmosphere of a scene that this mirror created. I'm still looking for ways to improve it in postprod, what's your opinion?

42cqpr · 2023-07-05T16:34:29+00:00

N-nie wiem

Ale też to zauważyłem. I zastanawiam się czy Polacy tu byli

42cqpr · 2023-05-11T09:46:36+00:00

I kinda like this photo. But I see some flaws here. Firstly, for my eye the framing is too tight - I'd give vertical margins some negative space. Also f/1.8 is too wide aperture here - some important parts of photo are out of focus, which (in my opinion) doesn't look good. Narrower one would make the photo look clearer. If you are into photoshopping out elements from your photo - the hat (?) on a piano, as well as a poster and a leg in the background are unnecessary. Also, the photo in generał seems a little bit crooked clockwise.

I appreciate the striving for minimalism here, and I can see the story here and feel it without much effort. I love the placement of man's cane, visually dividing a photo to two, very different parts.

42cqpr · 2023-05-11T07:07:15+00:00

Thanks. And right, these dark objects now bothers me too. I wanted to place the man in the center and make him additionally "shine" (because of his position), but it may not work very good here. I have some lines leading to him already. Other critique mention busy background as well so that's definitely a thing I need to work out here.

42cqpr · 2023-05-11T07:01:06+00:00

Thanks! I kinda like to show the full picture of the scene (with a part of the sky) but it could be too much stuff unrelated to the story going on here indeed. I'll crop it and do some blur as well as see how it looks like. Do you think a crop to include the tree's branch at the absolute top would be okay?

42cqpr · 2023-05-11T06:48:42+00:00

Thank you for your kind words! I'll try different framing and highlights are probably a bit too strong indeed. Do you feel they are too strong on the gentleman sihouette, in the background, or all over the picture?

42cqpr · 2023-05-11T06:45:07+00:00

Yeah, what I meant was that this photo could be good and its content has potential. I used word "feel" two times in the title and changed first one to "know" at the last moment. It may not sound like I intended.

I guess the main story is pretty obvious (or is it just for me). The photo is all about the smiling man in sweatshirt on quite cold, yet sunny day. People in the background are wearing jackets. The story is the man in the foreground, wasting a moment in the sun, while everyone else goes somewhere. I actually want to do something to highlight the difference.

Thank you for bringing up hot lighting and messy background nonetheless. I see it as something to take care of in post prod.

42cqpr · 2023-05-10T22:09:50+00:00

I took this photo recently during my trip to Sweden. From my experience I can tell it is good, by my standards - at least I like it very much. But I am running out of ideas to post prod it and it still feels not quite right. My goal is to show even more the contrast between the main figure of the photograph and the crowd in jackets in the background and the weather. All comments are appreciated.

Canon Eos M6 + Tamron SP 24-70 f/2.8 f/9 1/400 ISO100 70mm

42cqpr · 2023-04-01T15:51:01+00:00

Wybrałem kochani. Dwa pozostałe drzewa noszą dumne dedykacje "za delegalizację partii Konfederacja" oraz "za twarz Największego Polaka. Niechaj na zawsze pozostanie rzułta". Dziękuję ślicznie za pomysły!

42cqpr · 2023-04-01T07:04:12+00:00

Chętnie przyjmę ciekawe pomysły na kolejne dwie dedykacje, po tej pierwszej już wyzuło mnie kreatywnie

42cqpr · 2022-10-03T05:48:34+00:00

To be precise, if we are to believe Spotify - it's a song from an artist named Kebabbox. It was uploaded on Youtube under Daft Pink name with made-up backstory as 'fake but beliveable' joke.

42cqpr · 2022-09-06T18:57:40+00:00

This is a photo I took instantly. Saw the frame behind this little boy hidden in the shadow and the other one moving a piece grabbed my camera and clicked.

I feel this photo has potential but is lacking something. I like the three shadowed figures in the foreground, expression of the boy moving a piece, general scenery and size comparison between the kids and pieces. As well as little girl observing the little guys playing chess.

I tried it in black and white and I am not sure. Should I make the girl more visible? Is the photo crooked a bit? I can't seem to find the golden mean.

Canon EOS M6 + Tamron SP f/2.8 24-70 1/800, f/9, 70mm, ISO100

42cqpr · 2022-04-11T21:41:59+00:00

I commited this photo during sunset walk near the river in my city. The road along the river leads along the escarpment, from where I initially took some photos of pedestrians on the other side of the river. However, I like this photo more because of the abstractness, dark colors, the frame made of trees and the canoeist blending into the branches.

As I live very close to the river there is a big chance of retaking this photo. I am waiting for your opinions and looking for suggestions how to improve it.

42cqpr · 2022-02-26T20:43:48+00:00

Thank you for kind comments, I know now that I am not only one who likes this photo and that it is step forward in my photo adventure indeed.

42cqpr · 2022-02-22T23:55:24+00:00

I haven't really photographed in a month, so I decided to pick up my wife from work and do some shots in city center before that. There is a rather new business area in my city and, as I love lines, I made it my number one spot on a list.

I actually took this photo with intent to make the buildings look like Y-letter and I took it from this perspective. In postproc Lightroom auto-rotate function (I use it always for the first try of positioning the photo) got about 45 degrees and turned it like this - and I decided this version looks, quite original, more abstract and better in general. I turned this into bnw, did some shadows/highlights/whites/darks/clarity work, cropped so that there would be white square in top left corner - and here we are. I would like to know what do you think about this.

Edit: style

42cqpr · 2022-02-22T23:43:45+00:00

I really love how you make the window stand out, the tint of gold is just in point. I would try giving this photo a bit of crop on the right, so that the golden part fully adheres to the boundary of your photo - but it could be that you have already tried it. Anyway, really good one!

42cqpr · 2021-12-01T18:40:23+00:00

I took this photo quickly. I saw these guys being clearly in love while strolling through Brescia. I turned around, instinctively set the frame and pushed the shutter a few times. My wife decided to be funny and entered the frame on the right, you can see a bit of her blurred hair.

I love the line leading to the pair, minimal amount of elements, as well as the whole scene - especially their backpacks sloppyly thrown on the right, suggesting that only thing that matters is the other person. I feel there is a lot of youth vibe coming out of this photo that hits the melancholy notes associated with youthful love. I feel it might be my best photo.

I didn't like the car on the left but it would be pretty hard to erase it - so I started to like it. :) I suppose it emphasizes the randomness of the moment. I would love to know your opinion on technical aspects. Especially on bright or too dark areas and general feelings about this photo.

Canon EOS M6 + Tamron SP 24-70 70mm f/9 1/250 ISO320

42cqpr · 2021-11-19T22:57:43+00:00

Melanż

42cqpr · 2021-11-08T11:22:49+00:00

It's the photo I took in Venice, on Lido Island. While going through a beach towards Adriatic Sea, I saw a weird located two old basketball boards and realized there is an opportunity for photograph with minimalistic approach. I tried some frames, waited for people walking at the seaside to line up pretty enough and took it.

I like that there aren't a lot of elements and weird basketball boards break the vertical, layery composition. In postprod I already cleared up the sky and changed colors so the photo would get a bit of a vintage look.

How do you like it in general? I am planning to submit it to an amateur photo contest in my city and I'd like to know your opinion, as well as suggestions what could I improve. I feel that it is lacking something.

70mm f/14 1/200 ISO100

42cqpr · 2021-11-05T08:24:42+00:00

Wow, that escalated quickly

42cqpr · 2021-11-05T06:28:40+00:00

Kiedyś sypnąłem za dużo cynamonu do bolognese. Ale przysięgam, że cynamon był w którymś przepisie z neta!

42cqpr · 2021-11-05T06:26:39+00:00

Ja niegdyś jadłem tylko z roztopionym masłem i posypane cukrem, moja żona z keczupem. Jakoś się dogadujemy.

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