On Jun 15, 2011, at 7:02 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > On 06/15/2011 08:34 AM, Brian Walters wrote: >> 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 > Thank you, Brian! > > I went ahead and did that crop you suggested, and I ordered an 8 X 10 for the > local photo contest. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5838153066/ > > Any thoughts from you or anyone else would be appreciated.
That crop is a big improvement. The colors also look a lot better than I remember. > > -- Walt > >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Brian Walters >> Western Sydney Australia >> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ >> >> >> >> On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:33 -0500, "Walt Gilbert"<ldott...@gmail.com> >> 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 >>> >>> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
