On Jun 14, 2011, at 9:33 AM, Walt Gilbert 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.
I've been following your photos in facebook. I like this one, with the bug and the drop. It might benefit from cropping out a bit of the grass in the background. Good luck with your parents, it's tough enough with just one of them in the hospital, but both at once is way too much. Larry > > -- Walt > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
