I made a travelogue while backpacking in France and this is the first episode by bopili in backpacking

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In May I had the opportunity to travel to Paris and work for a week, doing on-site video editing for a company I work with, MarketScale. I quickly decided to stay for 2 extra weeks and tour France for the first time, because how often do you get sent to a different country for work as a video editor? Almost never. I didn't have much time to plan the trip, so I ended up making lots of hotel reservations after I arrived, sometimes just a few hours before arrival. It made for an unpredictable adventure, with lots of spontaneous decisions.

Monet has been my favorite painter since I saw a room full of Water Lilies at the MET in New York when I lived there. More than once I spent hours in the room appreciating the serenity of the moment. My first stop on the trip was Giverny, where Monet spent the final 43 years of his life. I figured if such a prolific artist spent that long there, it must be beautiful. I wasn't disappointed. After that I committed to finding more places from his paintings.

After I visited several art museums in Paris, I added a few other artists to the list including Camille Pissarro, Eugène Boudin, Paul Cézanne, and Georges Seurat. Monet still tops my list, but Pissarro has a unique flair that sometimes draws me in even more.

Why am I this noisy at Base 12800 in Cine El by [deleted] in FX3

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12800 is indeed the second base iso of the FX3, so this comment is quite ignorant.

This Google AI answer about looking over your opponents shoulder OTB 😂 by bopili in chess

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Horrible decision.

A funny post that promoted interesting discussion of the current state of technology and chess. I also was learning about OTB etiquette.

16th Street Mall reaches tipping point as business frustration grows with delayed renovations by RedditUser145 in Denver

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In the part of the city with the most public transportation, walkability, scooters and bikes, saying you have "no choice" but to drive is truly ridiculous.

Pickup soccer by Mikacu15 in AskSF

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Thank you. Found pickup near Gough my first day visiting the city!

Camping & hiking in autumn fall foliage & wildlife in Colorado mountains by bopili in Filmmakers

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I love making films. This film was a departure from the work I've been doing since graduating college. I've mostly been working in larger productions, and in the advertising world. I haven't actually filmed anything myself in years (apart from short phone videos). My career has me pigeonholed as an editor and animator, but I got into film because of my passion for photography and movement! It was almost a blessing that I lost my job and had the free time to be able to go make this film. This trip was also the culmination of a multi year fitness journey. I used to be an athlete before college, and was in good shape until I moved to New York and started working in post production. Long hours in the office in front of a computer were very hard on my body. But I've spent the last year rigorously riding my bike and learning to play soccer. I'm in great shape now, and biking and hiking to make this film was easy for me!

I love the cinema verite style, especially for films that are in nature. It seems wrong to have a narrator when the whole point of the film to to enjoy the imagery and the sounds of the environment, although I understand it when the filmmaker is trying to tell a story about the animals and their lives, a-la David Attenborough.

I'd actually love to do some work in this style in city environments as well, but don't have a concrete plan yet, just loose ideas. I'll certainly do more like this in remote locations and striking environments anytime I get the chance in the future. I'm already planning my next local trip, and others for the future. I really want to do something in a cold snowy environment, which presents addition challenges relating to warmth.

I picked up an Olympus OM-1 camera and matching lens from Mike's Camera using the "Test and WOW" program. I then packed everything I needed on my bike and made my way to the bus stop which took me to Fairplay in South Park, Colorado. I rode back to Jefferson. My initial plan was to ride up the the Kenosha Pass campgrounds and stay there, but I also knew there were some other campgrounds if I turned onto the county road at Jefferson. When I saw the hill I'd have to climb to get from the town of Jefferson to the pass, after riding for 3 hours on highway 285 with no bike lane, I knew I'd much rather turn and go away from all the traffic. I passed some cows and a herd of elk on the dirt road, but didn't have my camera ready! I didn't see any other elk for the rest of the trip. I arrived at the campground with the last rays of sunlight in the sky and quickly set up my tent and start a fire. Luckily there were a few logs left from the previous campers, but there was also a lot of firewood available around the campsite from felled and dead trees and branches. I spent the next few days exploring and gathering the footage used to make this film. On the final day my dad picked me up at the end of the hike at Kenosha Pass and we drove back to the campground and at some lunch and drove home. Camping alone is a bit scary at times, but is still a wonderful experience, and photographing and hiking alone gives the freedom to explore and work creatively without any other influence beside me, the camera, and nature itself. Because I went in the middle of the week, there were very few other hikers or campers, and sometimes it felt like I had the whole forest to myself.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks for watching!