Walt, I'm sorry to hear about your parents; I hope the best is done for them and that you can find strength to pull through this.
And you took a beautiful image, great match of colors and I like how the grasshopper isn't so prominently featured but rather blends is and yet remains very visible. Nice and subtle =) And FWIW this is a link that was good to read for me (things aren't going well here at all), it helped me to accept some things: http://www.cagefreefamily.com/2010/05/freedoms-just-another-word-for-nothing.html Best Ecke 2011/6/16 Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]>: > Walt Gilbert wrote: > >> On 06/15/2011 11:05 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: >> >>> Sorry to hear about your mom and dad, Walt. Christine >> >> >> Thank you, Christine. There are bad days and not-so-bad days. Yesterday >> was pretty good. Today -- not as bad as some others. :-) >> >> -- Walt > > walt - having been there with a lover, not a parent - I know the drill and > can only send you hugs... > I think that is a Katidid you have there... > > LIke the full frame shot better than Brians crop, myself - adorable critter > and seeing such things is always > a comfort . > > ann > >> >> >>> >>> >>> ----- 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.
