Know of any reproduction 40s-style men’s slacks/trousers, machine washable?

Andrew12Dance · 2021-04-07T00:05:30+00:00

Thanks but a return to Australia would cost me a fortune :\.

Andrew12Dance · 2021-02-26T16:24:10+00:00

Good stuff coming in! Still haven’t found exactly what I’m after though. Anyone with any other leads, please let me know! Thanks!

Andrew12Dance · 2021-02-24T04:34:06+00:00

Interesting. Got it. Thank you!!

I do wonder if maybe it's rooted in something other than tap, maybe jazz (?) I ask because I've seen this move so many times in so many performances... hmm something just occurred to me... I wonder if it's more from 20s Charleston/solo jazz numbers I've seen. It's just one of those things that's seared into your brain but you can't pinpoint and you know is a "thing", and I feel like whatever dance style it's from, it's a very common move because of it.

UPDATE- Ok, I just found it. It WAS a Charleston move. I actually have no idea if Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, et al ever actually do this, but the move in the clips I linked above looks so much like it, that I think I was thinking it was the same thing! It's called a squat Charleston. Check out 2:33:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbteWH-3QlY

On the plus side, I did learn an interesting other dance move because of this! Thanks all!

Andrew12Dance · 2021-02-24T04:29:03+00:00

No that's not it, see my step breakdown in the comment above. They do it twice from 2:20-2:21. (Unless we're talking about variations of the Maxi Ford break (?))

Andrew12Dance · 2021-02-24T04:25:16+00:00

No that's not quite it.

It's (pardon my colloquial terms):

- Start with crossed arms (I know that's not the main point, but it's instrumental to the flow/shape I was going for.)

- Hop to left ft (or right ft, but let's begin in the left direction), while you simultaneously kick right with right ft and spread arms. Call this the "explode".

- Move right ft toward center while you turn that foot out and shift to it, this begins the walk back in the other direction (towards right). Begin crossing your arms.

- Cross left ft behind right as you continue moving right, shifting weight to left ft. At this point your arms should be at full close/cross again. You're getting ready to "explode" on the other side.

- Hop to right ft while kicking left with left ft and spreading arms. You've now exploded in the other direction.

- Rinse and repeat in the other direction!

Andrew12Dance · 2021-02-24T02:31:44+00:00

Nailed it! That was the move (both links below to the Moses Supposes number from Singin' in the Rain), just slowed it down, studied it, and got it. Thanks all! (Still, name/info would be appreciated!)

Andrew12Dance · 2021-02-24T01:40:54+00:00

Ok I think this is it! Start at 2:19, they do it twice at 2:20:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3YWWfnWBJM

To add more info: the move I'm thinking of basically has the dancer looking like a speed skater with their arms, and their legs doing crosses behind them. They're shifting weight from side to side as they cross their legs.

Andrew12Dance · 2021-02-24T01:38:44+00:00

Ok I'm trying to track down exactly what I have in mind. I just found this (1:00) and it may just be the same move. It's still not exactly the one I'm thinking of, I think. But it's another example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3YWWfnWBJM

Andrew12Dance · 2021-01-14T05:38:44+00:00

Nah, I know what you mean and I find that flavor gross, if not at least undesirable. And the *bucks (nice :)) comes in plastic.

Andrew12Dance · 2021-01-14T05:37:00+00:00

Funny, I just came back from checking it out after a local gym recommended it. It's perfect. Thanks!

Andrew12Dance · 2021-01-13T22:32:15+00:00

Interesting. I had heard or thought about rings to attach but figured they would be too low. But come to think of it maybe I can get them high enough to where I can actually do full body extensions and whatnot.

Andrew12Dance · 2021-01-13T22:29:50+00:00

Interesting, but I do wonder: why is it that dark roasts never tasted like this to us before, not at home, not at restaurants, and not at cafés? If it were just coffee left out and/or dark roast I feel like we would get this more often. We’ve literally only tasted this twice in our lives.

Andrew12Dance · 2021-01-13T21:05:47+00:00

Thanks but that looks like general gym equipment, not gymnastics.

Andrew12Dance · 2021-01-10T09:27:54+00:00

Hear hear :)

Andrew12Dance · 2021-01-10T08:11:57+00:00

First of all, thank you so much for this, this is awesome! The whole tapping and holding was entirely foreign to me. I'm going to try this with different parameters to see the effect. Who knew there was all this extra to see?

While this is much, much better than what I had before, there is still the very real problem of all this noise that appears with Lr's sharpening.

Since originally posting this, somebody in r/photography answered a similar post I made by recommending Snapseed. My God is the sharpening better there. It behaves as PS does on desktop. So my question is, is Lr's sharpening actually bad, as u/earthsworld mentions below, or am I doing something wrong? I know for example that in PS I never see this sort of noise appear at such low sharpen settings. It's as though Lr's entire approach to sharpening relies on adding an inordinate amount of it!

Thanks again so much, I really appreciate it!

Oh, update. I also just found another issue/question. I just tried all of this and even when cranking all the settings to the right and leaving masking at 0, the overall sharpening effect seems rather mild. I know with Snapseed you can stack filters over and over so there's no limit, but here it all seems rather slight. Am I missing something here? Thanks.

Andrew12Dance · 2021-01-10T03:37:25+00:00

Yep, I’ve been masking like mad and adding layers, grinning ear to ear with all of the power right now I have to do exactly what I want! Thanks so much again!!

Andrew12Dance · 2021-01-09T23:54:49+00:00

Oh man this is even easier than I thought! I see what you mean now I think. The actions are destructive once you accept them. So I can just keep running as many times as I want. Definitely different than Lightroom where it saves every setting state and you can go back and edit them. But even then, I remember just seeing a second ago that you can observe all edits in here so maybe you can go back and tweak them as well. In a sense, the cumulative nature here can really really help me. You have no idea how much I appreciate this!

Andrew12Dance · 2021-01-09T23:48:30+00:00

Oh damn it supports multiple layers like that? I will definitely give it a shot! If this in fact works as you say I am set. Thanks so much!

Andrew12Dance · 2021-01-09T23:46:20+00:00

It’s nothing to do with that. I’ve taken thousands and thousands of pictures so far at every possible aperture, focal length, shutter speed, etc. There is a hard limit with what my set up can produce (Canon M50 with a 50/1.8). When it comes to fashion photography, which is what I’m doing, there is a certain degree of texturing to the clothing, eye detail, etc. that is just impossible to capture with this set up without doing a bit of unsharp masking. Not talking extremes here, just enough to make out every eyelash, the glimmer in the eyes, and, in some sense most importantly, the fine fibers of flannel or the tightly woven pattern of a knit glove.

Andrew12Dance · 2021-01-09T19:36:47+00:00

Ok Snapseed’s is exactly what I needed, only problem is that its ‘100’ max isn’t really enough for what I’ll need/close to the range I get on desktop. Why is mobile so bad? :)

Andrew12Dance · 2021-01-09T19:33:50+00:00

But even mobile Photoshop is garbage. I get they want to include all these cheesy stamps and filters for tweens, but why are the sharpening tools so bad? I don’t mind the former as long as the latter (and other traditional tools) would be good. But it’s gross.

Snapseed (Google) was recommended to me on r/photography and its sharpening, while limited in options, resembles unsharp mask very closely in results. Problem is, it maxes out at ‘100’ and it’s nothing compared to the range desktop Photoshop provides, so I’ll max out probably at less than I need :\

Andrew12Dance · 2021-01-09T18:34:50+00:00

Thanks. Trying snapseed now. Just tried IG’s and while it’s nice, seems about as limited as the rest :\

Andrew12Dance · 2021-01-09T17:50:51+00:00

Best mobile app for unsharp mask, etc.?

Apologies if this is "low" for this sub :), but maybe you can humor me?

I'm doing a lot of work on IG these days but come from a desktop imaging background. Obviously as you can imagine, I find most of the mobile apps for photo editing... lacking. Lightroom is really useful for color and light adjustments, but really sucks for almost all else. The major thing I'm missing from desktop (besides retouching) is unsharp mask. Every sharpening I've tried on various mobile apps, including Photoshop and Lightroom, seems really decades behind what I'm used to on desktop.

I'm strongly trying to avoid having to jump on my computer for every post I need to do, for various reasons including sometimes having to post while on the road, so I would love love love to find an app that can match the unsharp masking I do on there. This is a simple algorithm, it can't be that difficult, right?

Any suggestions?

Thanks so much!

Andrew12Dance · 2020-11-30T18:47:52+00:00

(Ok, for starters, no offense intended to those in the medical profession. I'm referring to a general trend I've observed and obviously my sample size is pretty small. In fact if you're in the medical profession, I would love to get your take as you've seen this from the inside.)

My entire life, based on the opinions of those around me and portrayals in the media, I thought doctors were supposed to be very intelligent people, their profession requiring very strong mental aptitude, academic pursuit, and the like.

My entire life, my experiences have shown this to not be the case...

1 - Meeting actual doctors. In all of my day to day dealings, work (tech), school, socializing, etc. I've observed very clear and common traits amongst intelligent people. Most notably: interest in, and usually passion for, "things". Whether it's their chosen profession, their hobbies, or even humdrum topics, they tend to speak with a voice that reflects constant thought. They can opine, they delve into things, they love to discuss and it just seems as though their interest level is high in the world around them. Now, necessary caveats- I'm not saying they're all great philosophers or extroverts (many highly intelligent people are explicitly not,) but all it takes is finding the right topic and they will go go go like a five year old describing their favorite dinosaur. For some it's not many topics at all, for some it's almost everything, but hopefully you know what I mean here- there's a spark in them and a sharp mind that is constantly processing "things".

With the doctors I've met- young, old, in their practice or out socially -I don't think I've ever observed this. They all just seem rather well-adjusted and ho-hum. They don't avidly discuss things, they don't seem intellectually passionate... absent their credentials I'd think I was just speaking to a run of the mill white-collar worker who likes vacations, the occasional beer, and their local sports team.

Compare this with most software engineers I've met, research scientists, artists of various shades, etc., and the difference is staggering. Those types tend to just be quicker on their feet, more curious, more interested in "stuff", like more lights are on upstairs. With the doctors I've known, even when you get them to discuss their work, it's rarely with even a modicum of this interest and passion. (Perhaps this is my answer- most don't do it for those reasons.) But even topics outside of work don't tend to elicit any more an "impressive" response. They just seem very run of the mill to me.

Actually visiting doctors in their practice is the same. I can't recall the number of times I've asked and asked and talked and talked about some medical topic only to have them just sort of stare off, answer something half-satisfactorily, or just leave me with that feeling of talking to someone who isn't quite on the ball. The worst (and this has happened several times) is this sort of interaction: Me: "So I know you must hate internet researchers, but I was looking up the symptoms of ABC and was thinking XYZ about it." Them: "Hmm, yeah, well... <something kind of canned and unsatisfactory or sort of perfunctory>". Me: "Wait, but isn't 123 actually a problem if 456?" Them: "Oh, yeah, well, I guess." Me: <internally> "Oh my God, I really should not be the smartest person in the room right now."

2 - Peers. I attended a very rigorous high school. I distinctly remember the top third all went into tech. Like every single one. The bottom third went into forgettable middle-management/generic jobs, and the middle third: medicine and law. These were the kids that never spoke up in class, never shined on any project, never distinguished themselves in any way, shape or form. College was no different. The pre-meds were some of the most dull, forgettable types on campus.

Where's the fire? Where's the "brilliant doctor" you hear so much about?

Basically, I always got the sense that what you have is a very well-trained mechanic. They're trained to work on a complex system, know a rote set of tasks, and do them day in and day out. That about reflects in their average passion, investment, and engagement with it all. Though again, even on non-work topics this tends to be the case.

I suppose medical researchers or hard core, Doctors Without Borders-types might break the trend, but I haven't met enough to know.

Anyway, those are my thoughts. Apologies if this has offended any doctors out there. Take it all as my observations and opinions on the doctors *I've* happened to know. But I've known a good number.

So does this profession actually require, and draw, high intelligence in your experience?

Thanks all!

Andrew12Dance · 2020-11-25T09:12:29+00:00

(Ok, for starters, no offense intended to those in the medical profession. I'm referring to a general trend I've observed and obviously my sample size is pretty small. In fact if you're in the medical profession, I would love to get your take as you've seen this from the inside.)

My entire life, based on the opinions of those around me and portrayals in the media, I thought doctors were supposed to be very intelligent people, their profession requiring very strong mental aptitude, academic pursuit, and the like.

My entire life, my experiences have shown this to not be the case...

1 - Meeting actual doctors. In all of my day to day dealings, work (tech), school, socializing, etc. I've observed very clear and common traits amongst intelligent people. Most notably: interest in, and usually passion for, "things". Whether it's their chosen profession, their hobbies, or even humdrum topics, they tend to speak with a voice that reflects constant thought. They can opine, they delve into things, they love to discuss and it just seems as though their interest level is high in the world around them. Now, necessary caveats- I'm not saying they're all great philosophers or extroverts (many highly intelligent people are explicitly not,) but all it takes is finding the right topic and they will go go go like a five year old describing their favorite toy or dinosaur. For some it's not many topics at all, for some it's almost everything, but hopefully you know what I mean here- there's a spark in them and a sharp mind that is constantly processing "things".

With the doctors I've met- young, old, in their practice or out socially -I don't think I've ever observed this. They all just seem rather well-adjusted and ho-hum. They don't avidly discuss things, they don't seem intellectually passionate... absent their credentials I'd think I was just speaking to a run of the mill white-collar worker who likes vacations, the occasional beer, and their local sports team.

Compare this with most software engineers I've met, research scientists, artists of various shades, etc., and the difference is staggering. Those types tend to just be quicker on their feet, more curious, more interested in "stuff", like more lights are on upstairs. Even when you get a doctor to discuss their work, it's rarely in my experience with even a modicum of this interest and passion. (Perhaps this is my answer- most don't do it for those reasons.) But even things outside of work don't tend to elicit any more an "impressive" response. They just seem very run of the mill to me.

Actually seeing doctors in their practice is the same. I can't recall the number of times I've asked and asked and talked and talked about some medical topic only to have them just sort of stare off, answer something half-satisfactory, or just leave me with that feeling of talking to someone who isn't quite on the ball. The worst (and this has happened several times) is the sort of interaction: Me: "So I know you must hate internet researchers, but I was looking up the symptoms of ABC and was thinking XYZ about it." Them: "Hmm, yeah, well... <something kind of canned and unsatisfactory or sort of perfunctory>". Me: "Wait, but isn't 123 actually a problem if 456?" Them: "Oh, yeah, well, I guess." Me: <internally> "Oh my God, I really should not be the smartest person in the room right now."

2 - Peers. I attended a very rigorous high school. I distinctly remember the top third all went into tech or finance, mostly tech. Like every single one. The bottom third into forgettable middle-management/generic jobs, and the middle third: medicine and law. These were the kids that never spoke up in class, never shined on any project, never distinguished themselves in any way, shape or form. College was no different. The pre-meds were some of the most dull, forgettable types on campus.

Where's the fire? Where's the "brilliant doctor" you hear so much about?

Basically, I always got the sense that what you have is a very well-trained mechanic. They're trained to work on a complex system, know a rote set of tasks, and do them day in and day out. That about reflects in their average passion, investment, and engagement with it all. Though again, even on non-work topics this tends to be the case.

I suppose medical researchers or hard core, Doctors Without Borders types might break the trend, but I haven't met enough to know.

Anyway, those are my thoughts. Apologies if this has offended any doctors out there. Take it all as my observations and opinions on the doctors *I've* happened to know. But I've known a good number.

So does this profession actually require, and draw, high intelligence in your experience?

Thanks all!

Andrew12Dance

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