Since I don't have any new photos to post right now, this morning I decided to run a search of my photo database to see how many photos are actually in there. For more than 20 years now I've been keeping all my photos organized by year, month, and day. I searched the database using the Windows File Explorer search feature. In other words, I typed *.jpg in the search field and just let it run. That should find every JPG file in there. When it got to three hundred thousand files — yes, you read that right: 300K or 300,000 — I got tired of watching it count upward and stopped it.
There are a lot of duplicates in the database. I often take two or three pictures of the same thing, hoping that at least one of them will be sharp and well-framed. And then when I publish a photo I save the original and make a copy where I can crop the image as I want and adjust the color and contrast. I bet approximately 25% of the photos are duplicates. All that, and this morning I need to find one photo that I can post. Or two or three or four or five. Okay, here's one that I took in the back yard 12 years ago today.
Scary, isn't it!! Did you get my messenger message?
ReplyDeleteTim, I think I wrote back on Messenger and thanked you for the URL and the product key. It didn't work on my flash drive, I'm sorry to say. Windows doesn't see the drive at all so recovery software can't repair it.
DeleteThat's sad! No, Messenger is showing me nothing.... it has been doing that a lot recently...
DeleteSorry to hear about the loss of the photos. Wow :(
ReplyDeleteThis Peony is a beauty, though :)
Peonies are so wonderful, but their show is short.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite flowers. I love the color.
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