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''I am originally from New Zealand, a country surrounded by beautiful beaches and the most stunning scenic landscapes and mountains. However, for over 33 years now I have lived abroad. I have lived in a total of 9 different Countries and visited over 60 countries each having its own special customs, cultures, religions and attractions all of which combined makes each of them so unique and special in its own way, good or bad depending on one’s perspective.
I started my photography Journey in my late teens when an Uncle gave me a film camera and some lessons, well quite a few lessons actually and also helped me to develop my film in his darkroom at home. I continued with film photography for about 10 years, until one day, whilst moving to another location, my box with all my camera gear went missing.
When the “point and shoot” digital cameras came onto the market, I did own a few, but never really got back into photography till 2007. At that point I started with a Fujifilm Bridge Camera, later upgrading to a Pentax DSLR which I used for a few years.
A few Years back I switched to a Sony Mirror Less starting with the A6000 and have just recently upgraded to the Full Frame A7iii as my main camera and the Sony A6500 as my backup/second camera when needed.
Although I have had prints sold and displayed on a few Magazines and printed larger for the Local Bank and Train Station, photography remains primarily a hobby for me. My favourite subjects are Landscape and Cityscape photography in Milford CT where I live as well as in NYC where I work. There is no shortage of stunning architecture and breathtaking landscapes all around, perfect scenes for awesome photography.''
| ¹ | Category | Authors | Posts | Reward (SBD) | Share % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | photography | 1606 | 4774 | 16434,418 | 4,913 |
| 2 | travel | 462 | 893 | 7348,736 | 2,197 |
| 3 | photofeed | 63 | 177 | 1749,046 | 0,523 |
| 4 | colorchallenge | 144 | 347 | 1706,335 | 0,51 |
| 5 | photo | 210 | 555 | 1524,189 | 0,456 |
| 6 | monomad | 85 | 263 | 798,934 | 0,239 |
| 7 | goldenhourphotography | 53 | 59 | 568,071 | 0,17 |
| 8 | fg-photocontest | 45 | 115 | 521,827 | 0,156 |
| 9 | photocircle | 20 | 113 | 438,241 | 0,131 |
| 10 | macrophotography | 49 | 82 | 335,86 | 0,1 |
| 11 | vehiclephotography | 22 | 29 | 311,097 | 0,093 |
| 12 | landscapephotography | 67 | 105 | 299,923 | 0,09 |
| 13 | streetphotography | 39 | 89 | 284,97 | 0,085 |
Votes - Each curator distributes a certain part of the reward pool with his votes (upvote / flag).
Authors - This part of the pool he distributes between a certain number of authors.
VAS (vote average strength) - For general awareness, we can estimate the average vote strength in percents (%), with which the curator votes.
Contr. (SBD) (Contribution in SBD) - The distributed part of the pool is the contribution of the curator, it is calculated in SBD. In this case, the author's reward is taken into account. The curator's reward is not taken into account.
Share % - The percentage of the curator contribution among the contributions of all curators, we can also estimate for information purposes in %.
Eff. - The effectiveness of the curator is estimated in conventional units.
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