On 06/15/2011 11:44 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
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
Thank you so much, Ann. I'm sorry you had to go through such a similar
experience. I guess what makes it so challenging is the fact that
anything that's within your power to do feels like the very least you
could do, and more often than not, wholly insufficient.
But, on the bright side, having a camera has a way of showing you a much
more rewarding side of life, in all its many iterations. I would've
never seen that katydid otherwise.
-- Walt
----- 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
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