Hi Walt Sorry to hear about your parents' health problems. I hope life becomes a little easier soon.
That's an excellent shot. Perhaps I'd crop a little off the top and right to move the grasshopper a bit off centre. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:33 -0500, "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 > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are -- 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.
