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Hmm. How interesting that almost exactly 2 years after I posted my last journal entry here, I get a new computer. Yes, yes... I have finally laid my old lady 2011 iMac to rest and have upgraded. About damn time. So that means I can actually, you know, DO things online. Like look for stock images or... whatever. I don't know. Hope everyone's doing well.


Later.

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Yes, I am still salty about this. Naturally, I do not like being tricked, conned, deceived, or swindled by anyone. I knew none of my images would be chosen after looking at the submissions the day before the contest ended, but to lose to images that deliberately ignored the rules? That's unacceptable to me.


So, I decided to showcase the images I felt SHOULD have been chosen, because they followed the rules, and are amazing photos.


And because of dA's new journal system, I can only post 24 images rather than 25.


Enjoy!


Edit: I decided to add six more images to this article since I recently learned you CAN add more than 24 images. Imagine that, I found 30 IMAGES, not counting any of my own submissions. What excuse do the judges have??

When the music's over
Start the week right!
still life
Get in my tummy! II
Still Life in the style of the old masters #1
Paint Brushes Arrangement
.:Time Frame.........
308 - Cozy
Lucifer's Exile No. 10
How full is your glass today?
Waterford and  Hibiscus Rose
A moment of hopes and dreams
Cream of Leek Soup!
Midnight read
Rust
Flowers and butterflies
Pineapple and Walnuts
Photo Challenge Still Life entry
-- King card --
Photo Challenge Still-life
One color after the other
Space
Some still life
Misc048
Birth of a new life
Coffee Owl
On Cloud Nine
Flavours of life
My Wish
Timeserie#1
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Eclipse is here to stay now. I have no problem with that as I've always been a firm advocate of this change, but it does put me in a bit of a predicament.

You see, I am currently using an outdated computer, which is using an outdated OS, and thus the DA website does not load properly for me. Why do I have this outdated computer with an outdated OS? So that I can still use Photoshop CS6.

I am fully aware that I could partition my computer and have 2 separate OS systems, but I am not tech savvy enough to do that on my own, at least without screwing something up. Until I can get someone to do it for me properly, or buy a laptop with an updated OS, it's going to be that much more difficult for me to upload things to this site.

So more than likely, I am going to be uploading my stuff on my personal website and Artstation first, and DA second.

Truthfully, it's not just Eclipse that is prompting me to do this. The semifinalist announcement for the Still Life photography contest pisses me off to no end. Not only was I deliberately lied to by one of the admins that was apparently in control of the contest and its entries, but nearly all of the entries chosen to be semifinalists flout the rules entirely.  I have just about had it with rigged contests on this site.

Honestly, I should have known better, considering that I have nearly 20 years of being part of this site. But stupid me hoped that with a changing of the layout would come a changing of the old bullshit. Nope. Still the same dishonest, disingenuous, rigged to high hell bull. shit.

Anyway, just wanted to update everyone.

Edit: So I made an interesting discovery just now. With some fancy footwork and using Firefox rather than Chrome, I am able to finally edit deviations and journal entries. The "edit" button wouldn't work for me at all; HOWEVER, scrolling down just a hair allows me to access it properly. GO FIGURE. My point still stands that dA is a raging dumpster fire in a lot of ways, but hey, at least I can submit here now with less fuss.
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Anyone else notice the recent semifinalists for the still life contest DA was holding? Anyone else notice that way too many of the photos were not actually still lifes, but rather macro shots or photos of a single item?

What was the point of instructing us to place a variety of items in a setting and then take a photo of them, if that's not what they were going to choose for the semifinalists? I saw plenty of actual, genuine still life photos that followed the goddamn rules. But nope, as usual, the judges go for the pretty pictures, regardless of what their own rules were supposed to be.
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Updates...

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I've got a new manip coming, but I haven't had much time to concentrate on it since I've been busy with work. Bills gotta come first, sadly. :shrug:

I'm also gonna be shooting some new images for my stock account, mirandaadria-stock, so be on the lookout for those. It will be mostly the occult and spooky stuff I have laying around the house.

:boogie:

P.S. Please ignore my previous journal entry in case you saw it and then it disappeared. I was just feeling crappy and moody.

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