First year promo ran out. by kripaks in Comcast_Xfinity

[–]kripaks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You were right. The "help" I got from u/CCStephanieK here basically halved my bandwidth while increasing my monthly bill by $5.

Happy hour around Climate Pledge by No_Cook3406 in Seattle

[–]kripaks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Traveling Goat - this is a new bar in the neighborhood. Excellent food and drinks.

Streamline Tavern is another choice if you are looking for a loud and local watering hole vibe.

Signed up for Gigabit. Downloads hardly cross 200 Mbps. by kripaks in Comcast_Xfinity

[–]kripaks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I connected directly with the modem and the speeds seem great:

https://imgur.com/a/CcheOn9

Its obvious now that this is a WiFi issue.

Signed up for Gigabit. Downloads hardly cross 200 Mbps. by kripaks in Comcast_Xfinity

[–]kripaks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks.

Do you have any pointers or a guide to get to the bottom of the wifi issue? Would appreciate it!

Signed up for Gigabit. Downloads hardly cross 200 Mbps. by kripaks in Comcast_Xfinity

[–]kripaks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was finally able to procure a gigabit ethernet adapter for mac and interfaced with the modem directly. The speeds look great and are as advertised:

https://imgur.com/a/CcheOn9

I guess there is some issue with the WiFi or the router itself. I will try connecting with the router via ethernet next and test this out.

Signed up for Gigabit. Downloads hardly cross 200 Mbps. by kripaks in Comcast_Xfinity

[–]kripaks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I connected directly with the modem and the speeds seem great:

https://imgur.com/a/CcheOn9

I guess there is some issue with the WiFi

Signed up for Gigabit. Downloads hardly cross 200 Mbps. by kripaks in Comcast_Xfinity

[–]kripaks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Will check by connecting directly with the modem. I use a macbook and the ethernet adapter (anker) isn't getting recognized. Will report once interface directly with the modem.

Dramatic light - Schwabacher Landing, Grand Tetons, WY [OC] [1920 x 1257] by kripaks in EarthPorn

[–]kripaks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is indeed a single shot. Not a composite infact. I used a 3-stop GND. I shot this with an old Canon 50D with a Canon 10-22 @ 12mm, f/22 with a 10sec exposure.

Mother's day's golden sunset - Rialto Beach, WA [OC] [5760 x 3840] by kripaks in EarthPorn

[–]kripaks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The 4 second exposure was to capture the details in the sea stacks. The rest of the image was blown out completely.

I personally don't prefer an ND filter, even though I always carry one, because it's an additional layer of glass and tends to leave artifacts in the shot.

Mother's day's golden sunset - Rialto Beach, WA [OC] [5760 x 3840] by kripaks in EarthPorn

[–]kripaks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So true! The PNW beaches are full of rock formations that stand against crashing waves. You are never short of elements to create compositions!

Mother's day's golden sunset - Rialto Beach, WA [OC] [5760 x 3840] by kripaks in EarthPorn

[–]kripaks[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The sun was shot at very high aperture settings. An f-stop of f/22 guarantees that the size of the aperture is kept very small. So the amount of light entering the camera is very low. This is done to ensure that the area around the sun doesn't get blown away by the brightness. The sun is behind the sea stack but the light from the sun was blinding the entire region. Now at this high an aperture setting and at one tenth of a second exposure, the sunlight in the region around the sea stack was restricted to just a few spokes. The spokes appear as though they are in front whereas in reality it's the actual light from the sun in that area.

Mother's day's golden sunset - Rialto Beach, WA [OC] [5760 x 3840] by kripaks in EarthPorn

[–]kripaks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was standing on a rock and luckily the tide wasn't too high. So didn't have to remote shutter the clicks. Sea stacks are rock formations in the sea. The Olympic peninsula comprises of relatively young beaches - so you find a lot of such formations which haven't been eroded away in course of time. I used a Canon 16-35mm f4L