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.
-- Walt
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