Best Time to Visit High Island for photographing birds

There are some bird sanctuaries at High Island, Houston Audubon, Taxis. Boy Scout Woods ( 2088 5th St, High Island, TX 77623 ) is the headquarters, which is staffed by volunteers during peak spring migration season from mid-March to mid-May. Smith Oaks is the largest sanctuary. The High Island sanctuaries are fee sites. In 2020, a day pass costs $8, or for $30 a patch may be purchased which gives you an unlimited number of admissions to all High Island sanctuaries for one year.

The best time for photographing birds ate Spring. High Island sanctuaries are open daily throughout the year. Peak spring migration season is from mid-March to mid-May. During fall migration, late September to mid-October usually produce the best results.

Lightroom: “This page didn’t load Google Maps correctly. See the JavaScript console for technical details”

Situation: When lick Map model in Lightroom, the user receives this message: “This page didn’t load Google Maps correctly. See the JavaScript console for technical details”

Troubleshooting: Based on Adobe, “Map module is no longer supported in Lightroom 4, Lightroom 5 and Lightroom 6. Read this article for the reason and a workaround”. They recommend to upgrade the latest version.

The workaround is clicking arrow icon in the GPS as shown below. This will open the map with your default Internet Browser.

Google Pixel 3 WiFi Limited connection in China

Situation: The user brings her Google Pixel 3 phone to China. When she tries to connect a wifi, it shows Limited connection. She has tried disabling/enabling WiFi, restart the phone, but none of them fixes the problem.

Troubleshooting: Search Google, we find some people have the same issue and they post: It is because Pixel/Android was trying to connect to a google server to determine the internet connectivity. Unfortunately, Google service I snot available there.

Troubleshooting Google phone problem.

Step 1: Get the latest version of Android OS

  1. Go to Settings > System > System updates.
  2. Select Download or Check for update.

Step 2: Remove covers

  1. Remove stickers, covers, cases, or anything covering your device.

Step 3: Turn on safe mode

To turn on safe mode, follow these steps.

Step 4: While in safe mode, turn off Bluetooth

  1. Go to Settings > Connected devices.
  2. Turn off Bluetooth.

Step 5: While in safe mode, make sure the volume is on

  1. Go to Settings > Sound.
  2. Turn on all 3 sounds settings and make sure to choose max volume.

Step 6: If your volume buttons aren’t working, turn off Switch Access

  1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Switch access.
  2. Turn off Switch access.

Step 7: Reset to factory settings – Set it up as a new user. After the reset, select “Don’t copy” to situate your device with no restored files before testing the phone. 

What’s Light Painting Photography and How to make it

Light Painting Photography is photographic techniques of moving a light source while taking a long exposure photograph to illuminate a subject. What you need are camera that can take a long exposure and a light source for example flash.

In a night without light or a dark room. The settings are taking a few seconds to 30 seconds exposure. Use the light source to
illuminate the subject. Low ISO and Aperture. Here are some examples.

  1. F32, ISO 100, 20 seconds.

2. F22, ISO 100, 30 Seconds.