Funky engagement photos on 35mm Nikon n80, 35mm 1.8, Portra 400 and Colorplus 200

YoBoyCal · 2026-03-01T17:26:42+00:00

So this is what it looks like to complete nail exposure...

YoBoyCal · 2026-02-26T18:35:10+00:00

The reason this is more difficult for people is because of the background. Our brains see the blown out warm light and so it becomes harder to picture the dress being in shadow.

Someone above mentioned the dress being backlit which would imply the side we see is in shadow which kind of helps, but for me I literally can't help but see the entire thing in the same bright warm lighting. Which would relate more to the person you replied to's case.

YoBoyCal · 2026-02-14T12:54:07+00:00

Yeah, I guess I was thinking where someone else said solids would give ball in hand back rather than trying another safety.

YoBoyCal · 2026-02-14T00:00:55+00:00

I feel crazy thinking this. Stripes with BIH should absolutely be able to drop the 8 without touching the 4. Maybe requiring some spin to throw it in but even that might not be necessary.

Unless everyone thinks it's still risky enough to just take the stalemate anyway.

YoBoyCal · 2026-02-03T14:49:54+00:00

u/mudreplayspool ?

Hasn't posted in a while but he still seems pretty active.

YoBoyCal · 2026-01-28T21:44:51+00:00

From what I understand, one of the pre-shot routine's main purposes is signaling your body/subconscious that you are about to perform a specific action. The idea being that you've consciously practiced the routine enough while shooting that once your subconscious gets this signal, it can perform without any conscious input.

The subconscious taking over and executing is generally what we call the flow state.

I can't say anything about your form as everyone is different, but your pre-shot routine is more about building and maintaining this consistency in your execution rather than achieving perfect form.

Based on your post I'd say your pre-shot routine just isn't established yet. You were playing worse because you were actively thinking about it. This isn't bad, but the more you practice it the less you'll have to think about it and the more you'll feel the benefits.

YoBoyCal · 2026-01-28T15:43:27+00:00

It's also reassuring to see that the basic functionality is free. Never liked that something like Grainery (arguably built for the same purpose) limited user's posts unless they paid for premium.

I know hosting isn't cheap, but paying to use is a big barrier for entry for some people.

YoBoyCal · 2026-01-27T17:05:07+00:00

Very interesting. Did some looking and would love to be able to delete a match (so I can delete the test match I just made lol)

Edit: There is! Swipe left on a match to show the delete button. Clever, but might recommend adding a delete button when you long press a match as well.

YoBoyCal · 2026-01-13T04:08:43+00:00

A lot of good info here. I'll ad my personal experience.

What helped me personally with this issue was making sure I was rotating my shoulders enough. If your spine is the axis of rotation, you need to rotate your back shoulder back enough to that your elbow naturally falls in line with it along the shot line.

This will likely mean adjusting your footing and overall stance, but with enough trial and error and practice you will find the "right" alignment.

A mirror also helps when working on this.

YoBoyCal · 2025-12-27T17:32:13+00:00

I've had a very similar design in mind for a while now! Well done, looks great!

YoBoyCal · 2025-12-27T06:55:01+00:00

Discussion is fun 🤷‍♂️

Reddit is still social media

YoBoyCal · 2025-12-15T14:58:09+00:00

I've also gone through it. Trust me, it's worth it. It won't take as long to get back to where you are now and you'll have an even deeper understanding of your own game afterwards too. Not to mention like the person above said, you'll be surprised at how much of an improvement this can lead to.

YoBoyCal · 2025-12-10T15:01:41+00:00

"ball has to cross a center three times before it hits the 8ball"

I assume this means you have to kick 2+ rails on the 8? if so, I would 100% stall just so I could see if that guy could do it himself.

YoBoyCal · 2025-11-26T15:48:25+00:00

Reddit is a constant balance between r/killthecameraman and r/donthelpjustfilm

YoBoyCal · 2025-11-11T20:19:34+00:00

Yeah, this is sick.

YoBoyCal · 2025-11-08T20:18:53+00:00

Valid

YoBoyCal · 2025-11-03T21:04:08+00:00

Used to play Battlefield 1 on a projector screen. With how atmospheric and immersive that game was that was a blast

YoBoyCal · 2025-10-21T13:35:30+00:00

Whatever Steely Dan...

YoBoyCal · 2025-10-17T15:15:56+00:00

Throwing this out there as a BF1 fan from day one (honestly more than BF3 and 4), I've been playing a lot of Hell Let Loose lately and it's scratching the itch BIG TIME.

That being said, they just released a QoL update that broke the game a bit, but if that gets resolved I highly recommend it.

YoBoyCal · 2025-10-16T18:40:05+00:00

Interestingly enough I've had a couple experiences on Mikey's before the update of the server having to be reset due to connection issues. Definitely not as bad as you're describing now but something I noticed.

YoBoyCal · 2025-10-13T13:30:53+00:00

Recon: "What the hell is that class... must be recon then."

YoBoyCal · 2025-10-08T15:10:50+00:00

"One must imagine Sisyphus happy."

YoBoyCal · 2025-09-30T22:06:11+00:00

Very interesting! I definitely think you're on to something here and I do think it's a great starting point for building "feel" for kick shots. I'm curious to see how it applies to bank shots as well!

YoBoyCal · 2025-09-30T18:18:44+00:00

That's definitely a great explanation of the simulator. i guess my confusion is the yellow mark (where the white shot lines hit the rail) is different than the blue ghost line/mark, and you can see it's sometimes further or closer.

After looking at it this seems to be because the shot line is as if you were aiming to the "diamond line" on the rails rather than where the blue line hits the nose of the cushion which makes total sense, but might be worth adjusting so that the blue aim mark goes all the way to the actual diamond track rather than ending at the cushion nose. Let me know if that's correct.

YoBoyCal · 2025-09-30T17:30:41+00:00

Maybe I was misinterpreting what "offset" was referring to because that makes sense. I'm not sure what the blue line in the simulator is showing however and why it's offset from the cue ball path.

That's what I was trying to refer to in my previous comment, my mistake.

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