Nice shot. Hope things get better for you and your parents. Paul On Jun 15, 2011, at 9:46 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:
> That is a very cool shot - I love how it is snapping up the dew drop. My > guess > on the ID owuld be either a longhorn grasshopper or katydid, or nymph of one > or > the other... > > Sorry about your folks. > > MCC > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Gilbert" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:33 AM > Subject: PESO: Grab a Drop > > >> 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 >> >> -- 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. >> > > > -- 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
