Many thanks, Dan.
And, yeah -- it's not the sort of thing one can prepare for in any
reasonable sense. Just about all you can do is -- well, I don't know
what the hell you can do. You just do.
I forgot to include the aperture setting, which was 22. I've managed to
get some other decent shots, but none of them had action -- which is
what I loved about this one.
Thanks again. Today is one of her better days in some time, so I
figured I ought to at least check in.
-- Walt
On 06/14/2011 12:04 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Nice image, Walt, and a great catch!
My heart and my prayers go out to you and to your parents. I went
through a similar situation some years back, and I know have it can
consume your time, energy and emotions.
Dan
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Walt Gilbert<[email protected]> 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.
-- Walt
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