Photography · Lightroom read Nov 2, 2:48 PM

Out 7 days of the last 30

1,211 frames on 7 days this past month, about the usual 1,072 on 7. Latest: Nov 1 at Lake Johnson, 313 frames on the Coolpix P1100 + 4.3-539mm f/2.8-8 (P1100).

Frames · last 30 days

1,211

usual 1,072 · ↑ 13%

Shooting days · last 30 days

usual 7 a month

Streak

1day

longest in 12 months 3 · last out 1d ago

Catalog

48,469frames

yours, since Feb 2022 · 143 others’ excluded

Today’s light · Raleigh

Sunset 5:19 PM, color looks promising

6 AMNoon6 PM12 AM

Morning: 6:36 AM; blue from 6:10 AM · golden to 7:12 AM
Evening: 4:43 PM; golden starts · blue ends 5:45 PM
Sunset sky: promising; 45% high and mid cloud, 8% low · sunrise promising
Fog: likely; Nov 3 · peak 6am–9am
Moon: 41%; waning crescent
Weather: 65°; partly cloudy · 62% cloud

Best light this week

This evening's sunset (5:19 PM) has the best odds

34% high and 11% mid cloud to catch colour over a clear western horizon (low 8%). Sunset at 5:19 PM.

TodayBestSunrise —SunsetGreat, the best this week
TomorrowSunriseGreatSunsetGood
WedSunriseFairSunsetFair
ThuSunrisePoorSunsetPoor
FriSunriseFairSunsetPoor
SatSunriseGreatSunsetGreat
SunSunriseGoodSunsetGood

Robin's sky rules read from cloud layers over home: high or mid cloud to catch the light, a clear low layer to let it through.

The last year

90 shooting days of 365

longest run 3 days

NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

Frames per daynone≤73≤104≤178more

Frames per month

24 months

Dec

Mar

Jun

Sep

Dec

Mar

Jun

Sep

Nov

Dec ’24 526 · 4d

Jan ’25 765 · 7d

Feb ’25 287 · 2d

Mar ’25 912 · 7d

Apr ’25 1,397 · 13d

May ’25 1,086 · 8d

Jun ’25 920 · 8d

Jul ’25 342 · 3d

Aug ’25 759 · 4d

Sep ’25 936 · 10d

Oct ’25 1,591 · 15d

Nov ’25 663 · 7d

Dec ’25 807 · 8d

Jan ’26 990 · 7d

Feb ’26 976 · 7d

Mar ’26 945 · 7d

Apr ’26 1,074 · 6d

May ’26 1,671 · 10d

Jun ’26 363 · 4d

Jul ’26 1,158 · 5d

Aug ’26 1,592 · 8d

Sep ’26 1,392 · 12d

Oct ’26 1,100 · 8d

Nov ’26 313 · 1d

Lightroom catalog size

+7,335 since May 7 · ~287/wk

48,46944,80241,134

2026-05-07 41,134

2026-05-08 41,134

2026-05-10 41,508

2026-05-11 41,508

2026-05-13 41,508

2026-05-14 41,508

2026-05-16 41,649

2026-05-17 41,649

2026-05-19 41,788

2026-05-20 41,788

2026-05-22 41,788

2026-05-23 41,788

2026-05-25 42,066

2026-05-26 42,066

2026-05-28 42,245

2026-05-29 42,245

2026-05-31 42,551

2026-06-01 42,551

2026-06-03 42,551

2026-06-04 42,551

2026-06-06 42,551

2026-06-07 42,551

2026-06-09 42,551

2026-06-10 42,551

2026-06-12 42,551

2026-06-13 42,551

2026-06-15 42,551

2026-06-16 42,551

2026-06-18 42,551

2026-06-19 42,551

2026-06-21 42,551

2026-06-22 42,611

2026-06-24 42,764

2026-06-25 42,764

2026-06-27 42,818

2026-06-28 42,818

2026-06-30 42,914

2026-07-01 42,914

2026-07-03 42,914

2026-07-04 42,914

2026-07-06 42,914

2026-07-07 42,983

2026-07-09 42,983

2026-07-10 43,038

2026-07-12 43,878

2026-07-13 43,878

2026-07-15 43,878

2026-07-16 43,878

2026-07-18 43,976

2026-07-19 43,976

2026-07-21 43,976

2026-07-22 43,976

2026-07-24 43,976

2026-07-25 44,072

2026-07-27 44,072

2026-07-28 44,072

2026-07-30 44,072

2026-07-31 44,072

2026-08-02 44,364

2026-08-03 44,364

2026-08-05 44,364

2026-08-06 44,364

2026-08-08 44,364

2026-08-09 44,646

2026-08-11 44,730

2026-08-12 44,798

2026-08-14 44,798

2026-08-15 44,948

2026-08-17 44,948

2026-08-18 44,948

2026-08-20 44,948

2026-08-21 44,948

2026-08-23 45,394

2026-08-24 45,394

2026-08-26 45,394

2026-08-27 45,530

2026-08-29 45,664

2026-08-30 45,664

2026-09-01 45,664

2026-09-02 45,753

2026-09-04 45,753

2026-09-05 45,970

2026-09-07 46,086

2026-09-08 46,086

2026-09-10 46,086

2026-09-11 46,142

2026-09-13 46,276

2026-09-14 46,276

2026-09-16 46,385

2026-09-17 46,385

2026-09-19 46,460

2026-09-20 46,602

2026-09-22 46,687

2026-09-23 46,687

2026-09-25 46,734

2026-09-26 46,912

2026-09-28 47,056

2026-09-29 47,056

2026-10-01 47,129

2026-10-02 47,129

2026-10-04 47,258

2026-10-05 47,258

2026-10-07 47,258

2026-10-08 47,258

2026-10-10 47,363

2026-10-11 47,445

2026-10-13 47,445

2026-10-14 47,445

2026-10-16 47,445

2026-10-17 47,704

2026-10-19 47,952

2026-10-20 47,952

2026-10-22 47,952

2026-10-23 47,952

2026-10-25 48,072

2026-10-26 48,072

2026-10-28 48,156

2026-10-29 48,156

2026-10-31 48,156

2026-11-02 48,469

May 7Nov 2

Recent sessions

7 sessions in 30 days · 11 hours out

place from the folder name, else that day's calendar or trip

Sun Nov 1
yesterday
Lake Johnson
Coolpix P1100 · 4.3-539mm f/2.8-8 (P1100)tele
313fr
140 min
7:14 AM
140 min
Wed Oct 28
5 days ago
Fayetteville Street
Z6III · 24-70mm f/4 Snormal
84fr
36 min
12:21 PM
36 min
Sun Oct 25
8 days ago
Jordan Lake
Z6III · 24-70mm f/4 Snormal
120fr
71 min
5:38 PM
71 min
Sun Oct 18
15 days ago
Falls Lake
Coolpix P1100 · 4.3-539mm f/2.8-8 (P1100)tele
248fr
132 min
7:38 AM
132 min
Sat Oct 17
16 days ago
City Market
Z6III · 28mm f/2.8 (SE)wide
259fr
137 min
10:59 AM
137 min
Sun Oct 11
22 days ago
Neuse River Greenway
Z6III · 28mm f/2.8 (SE)wide
82fr
68 min
5:58 PM
68 min
Fri Oct 9
24 days ago
Boylan Avenue bridge
Z6III · 24-70mm f/4 Snormal
105fr
73 min
6:10 PM
73 min
Sat Oct 3
30 days ago
Dorothea Dix Park
Z6III · 24-70mm f/4 Snormal
129fr
72 min
6:14 PM
72 min
Thu Oct 1
32 days ago
Fayetteville Street
Z6III · 24-70mm f/4 Snormal
73fr
40 min
12:23 PM
40 min
Sun Sep 27
36 days ago
Jordan Lake
Z6III · 70-180mm f/2.8tele
144fr
74 min
6:26 PM
74 min
Sat Sep 26
37 days ago
Bodie Island Lighthouse
Z6III · 28mm f/2.8 (SE)wide
178fr
204 min
8:28 AM
204 min
Fri Sep 25
38 days ago
City Market
Z6III · 28mm f/2.8 (SE)wide
47fr
31 min
12:13 PM
31 min

Kit · last 12 months

The Z6III took 77% of frames

Bodies

Z6III10,000 · last Oct 2877%
Coolpix P11003,044 · last Nov 123%

Lenses

24-70mm f/4 Slast Oct 2837%
28mm f/2.8 (SE)last Oct 1724%
4.3-539mm f/2.8-8 (P1100)last Nov 123%
70-180mm f/2.8last Sep 2714%
17-28mm f/2.8last Feb 222%
50mm f/1.4last May 310%

lens class

tele35%
normal26%
wide39%
by 35mm-equivalent focal length

Focal length

35mm equiv.

≤20

29–40

61–105

201–400

>600

≤20mm 1%

21–28mm 38%

29–40mm 8%

41–60mm 8%

61–105mm 9%

106–200mm 12%

201–400mm 3%

401–600mm 4%

>600mm 15%

Hour of day

peak 12p

12a

12p

11p

12a —

1a —

2a —

3a —

4a —

5a —

6a 214

7a 889

8a 1,440

9a 995

10a 803

11a 926

12p 1,770

1p 357

2p 585

3p 314

4p 331

5p 671

6p 1,259

7p 1,585

8p 821

9p 69

10p —

11p —

Day of week

shooting days

Mo 9 days

Tu 5 days

We 10 days

Th 9 days

Fr 9 days

Sa 29 days

Su 19 days

Quality · 608 frames scored Oct 14

Freshness trails craft by 0.25

Craft 0.64, hold 0.50, freshness 0.39. Freshness is the lowest axis on 65% of scored frames (398 of 608). The gap ranges from 0.14 to 0.30 across genres.

Streetn 158 · 8 in portfolio
craft
0.62
fresh
0.46
gap 0.16
Cityscapen 141 · 7 in portfolio
craft
0.67
fresh
0.37
gap 0.30
Birdsn 129 · 5 in portfolio
craft
0.63
fresh
0.33
gap 0.30
Lakes & riversn 96 · 5 in portfolio
craft
0.65
fresh
0.35
gap 0.30
Landscapen 58 · 4 in portfolio
craft
0.66
fresh
0.41
gap 0.25
Nightn 17 · 1 in portfolio
craft
0.58
fresh
0.44
gap 0.14

Not scored (under 10 frames): Flowers.

Critiques · 327 total, 40 nightly runs

327 critiques

Last night: critiqued 10

Critiques per month

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Apr 40 · 2 pf

May 78 · 6 pf

Jun 16 · 2 pf

Jul 31 · 2 pf

Aug 39 · 4 pf

Sep 62 · 5 pf

Oct 49 · 3 pf

Nov 12 · 1 pf

Month	Voice	Craft	Fresh
Apr	0.56	0.62	0.37
May	0.61	0.61	0.39
Jun	0.61	0.63	0.41
Jul	0.62	0.62	0.39
Aug	0.65	0.65	0.40
Sep	0.64	0.67	0.43
Oct	0.66	0.65	0.41
Nov	0.67	0.66	0.43

Verdicts

Portfolio8%
Shortlist34%
Cull58%

Last nightly runs

Nov 2best 20261101-DSCN3231
10 photos · voice 0.60
Oct 29best 20261028-SR6_7497
12 photos · voice 0.72
Oct 26best 20261025-SR6_7399
3 photos · voice 0.71
Oct 18best 20261017-SR6_7314
6 photos · voice 0.71
Oct 12best 20261011-SR6_7063
9 photos · voice 0.56

Photowalks · next 30 days

8 worth a look

3 skipped: portrait, fashion or paid

Thu
Nov 5
- Oak City Camera Club: print night
  7:00 PM· Cameron Village library
Fri
Nov 6
- First Friday opening: tobacco towns in black and white
  6:00 PM· Fieldwork Gallery
Sat
Nov 7
- Umstead morning bird walk
  8:00 AM· Umstead State Parkwalk
Sun
Nov 8
- Winter eagles and ducks at Jordan Lake
  8:30 AM· Jordan Lakewalk
Fri
Nov 13
- Blue hour from the Boylan Avenue bridge
  4:45 PM· Boylan Avenue bridgewalk
Sun
Nov 15
- Triangle Photo Walk: Boylan Heights
  10:00 AM· Boylan Heightswalk
Sat
Nov 21
- Umstead morning bird walk
  8:00 AM· Umstead State Parkwalk
Sat
Nov 28
- Holiday lights night walk, Downtown
  5:17 PM· Fayetteville Streetwalk

1 more that might suit →

Wed
Nov 18
- Lightroom masking, hands-on
  6:30 PM· Fieldwork Gallery

Places · last 12 months

Fayetteville Street, 16 days

from folder names

Fayetteville Street1,657 fr · last Oct 2816 days
Lake Johnson1,388 fr · last Nov 111 days
Boylan Avenue bridge929 fr · last Oct 910 days
City Market891 fr · last Oct 179 days
Umstead State Park1,338 fr · last Jul 257 days
Neuse River Greenway512 fr · last Oct 116 days
Dorothea Dix Park499 fr · last Oct 34 days
Eno River State Park490 fr · last Sep 204 days
Falls Lake785 fr · last Oct 183 days
Oakwood Cemetery693 fr · last Aug 93 days

Gear · as of Sep 29

$8,623 all in

Recorded total from the inventory, books included.

CamerasLensesSupportFilters & batteriesBagsBooksRetired bodies · retired

Gear in use · last 12 months

1 lens idle for six months

3 bought · 1 returned in 12 months

Nikon Z6IIIbody · last Oct 28 · 77%10,000 fr
NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 Slens · last Oct 28 · 37%4,759 fr
NIKKOR Z 28mm f/2.8 (SE)lens · last Oct 17 · 24%3,096 fr
Nikon Coolpix P1100body · last Nov 1 · 23%3,044 fr
NIKKOR Z 70-180mm f/2.8lens · last Sep 27 · 14%1,794 fr
NIKKOR Z 17-28mm f/2.8lens · last Feb 22 · 2%293 fr

Not used in 12 months

Everything got used.

Idle six months or more: NIKKOR Z 17-28mm f/2.8.

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Month

Voice

Craft

Fresh

Apr

0.56

0.62

0.37

May

0.61

0.39

Jun

0.61

0.63

0.41

Jul

0.62

0.39

Aug

0.65

0.40

Sep

0.64

0.67

0.43

Oct