“I am sorry.

I suck at ______.

Thanks for being patient with me.”

/ SML.20121211.Apologies.ThankYou

Being able to identify what I am not good at is difficult, so being diagnosed with ADHD + Bipolar was mostly a blessing as it became far easier for me to identify possible weaknesses using available statistics models.

What I suck at: time management, organization of physical space, people skills. By noting what I am not good at, I can then tackle the problem by delegating work which I cannot complete to others who are excellent at it.

+/ Since I suck at time management, I do not sign myself up on any large projects unless it has an excellent project manager.

+/ Since I suck at physical space organization, I find that it's often best if I date OCD people — ADHD/Bipolar + OCD = match made in heaven.

+/ Since I suck at people skills, I make sure that there is a “people person” co-host present when I wish to organize any event.

Apologies notes and thank you notes run through most of my daily communication. As such I was surprised to see that the majority of business stationary design jobs do not include these as standard deliverables. For my own business, I rarely find the need for business cards so I don't really print them (yet). However the first thing that I will be printing which I find to be most crucial are thank you notes and apologies notes such as these.

This will likely be printed on postcards so I can write + mail as needed.

Related see SML Pro Blog: Delete Perfection + Zero expectations / Happiness Life Hacks: Method 2: Ensure that people know that I am imperfect: blog.seeminglee.com/2012/12/delete-perfection-zero-expect...

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I was wrong—it seems that you do still need a pano head even with modern technology.

Previously I made the opinion that modern software should be able to stitch these images shot using normal pan heads [1] and that the pano head is mostly a luxury items. But when I actually worked on the image it appears that I was very wrong about it.

As you see here the seams a highly problematic at the near end of the lens. The far end is always going got be ok, but he near end poses challenge for Hugin it would appear.

SML Apologies—but I never said that I am always right.

This 360-degree pano is stitched using 24 full-resoltion 7D RAW files. Trust that when I get a pano head I will revisit this.

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-03-26T13:21:50+0800

+ Dimensions: 17742 x 3342

+ Exposure: 1/60 - 1/80 sec at f/8.0

+ Focal Length: 17 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM

+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3, Manfrotto tripod

+ Panorama FOV: 360 degree horizontal, 78 degree vertical

+ Panoramic Projection: Rectilinear

+ GPS: 22°25'17" N 114°13'42" E

+ Altitude: 11.1 m

+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China

+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130326.7D.36333-SML.20130326.7D.36359-Pano.Cylindrical-360x78

+ Series: 體育 Sports, 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography

# Notes

1. “Panorama Setup: Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM + Canon TC-80N3 + Manfrotto tripod” / 20130326.IPH5.11158: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8591178305/

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

“馬鞍山運動場 Ma On Shan Sports Ground” / 香港體育建築全景之形 Hong Kong Sports Architecture Panoramic Forms / SML.20130326.7D.36333-SML.20130326.7D.36359-Pano.Cylindrical-360x78

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