On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Walt Gilbert <ldott...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Stepping briefly back out of obscurity to share a photo I took this morning. > Sorry I haven't been around to participate. Ever since I got home from my > visit to California with Larry and John, my mother's health has taken a turn > for the worse. She's currently in hospice care, and it's fallen to me to > look after her. She's in fairly grave condition - to the point where she's > taking morphine in both pill and liquid form, and I have to stay on top of > that. And, as if that weren't enough, my father has suddenly taken ill with > heart problems -- both of them spent about ten days in the hospital at the > same time recently. So, essentially, my photography is limited to what I > can find in my yard. > > A couple of weeks ago, I order a reversing ring and have been tinkering > around with my K 50/1.4. So far, this is the best shot I've managed to get > with it. Basically, it's shot with my K-x using the pop-up flash and a Fuji > film canister with some wax paper lining the inside as a diffuser, at 400 > ISO for 1/180 of second. (It's a grasshopper-like insect, in case anyone is > squeamish about those). > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5832616817/ > > (Lighbox) http://is.gd/Q6u4ys > > I haven't done a great deal of editing to it -- bumped up the highlights > using curves in The GIMP and resized to make a faster upload. I just wanted > to show it off because I was really happy with the way it turned out. I > wish I could participate in the forum, or even seriously pursue photography > at all right now, but it's just tough to get serious with it in my current > situation. With any luck, though, hospice will help to get my mother a > little more stabilized and I'll be able to get out and trudge around with > the camera a bit more. > > Anyway -- that's the news from Kentucky. I write and take photos when I > can, and figured I ought to at least touch base with everyone to let you all > know I'm still alive and check in on the list from time to time, whenever > the opportunity presents itself.
That's a really cool shot! Sorry to hear of your parent's health issues - I know how difficult these can be to deal with. Thinking of both you and your parents and all the strength you'll need to get through this. I think it's good that you can get out with the camera (even if only in your back yard) to give you a bit of a respite from everything. Keep it up! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
