Great shot. Of course, i love stuff like that. Sorry about your mom. On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> 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 > >> >> >> ----- 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. >
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