On 06/16/2011 04:12 AM, Ecke PDML wrote:
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
Thank you for the kind words across the board, Ecke. And, especially,
thanks for that information. I can hardly think of a more agonizing
Procrustean Bed than having control over my mother's pain medication.
The only thing worse was seeing the results of her trying to handle it
herself.
I've bookmarked the link and will put it to good use in the months ahead.
Again, thank you.
-- Walt
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
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