Where there’s a will, there’s a way !
-----Original Message----- >From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> >Sent: Jun 27, 2020 10:51 AM <[email protected] >Subject: PESO 2020 - 146 - GDG > >I'm recovering from shoulder surgery and can't sleep on my right side. >Sleeping on my back at a semi-reclined position means that I wake up after >about two-three hours and have to get up, walk around, and sit upright for a >bit before I can get back to sleep. I've been going through this cycle once or >twice per night. > >Last night I left the desk lamp in my office on when I went to bed at >midnight. At 3:00 I awakened and this quiet, very low light emanated through >the bedroom door from the hallway. It was beautiful; I had to make a >photograph. > > https://flic.kr/p/2jfPGb7 > >I set the camera up on a tripod and leveled it in the office so as not to >awaken my partner. Quietly tiptoed back into the bedroom and place it where I >thought would work, pointed it in the right direction. > >Hmm. What exposure? It was too dark for anything to show up on the LCD at all. >I made an exposure on A mode and got nearly perfect exposure with the >e-shutter. And then I realized the second problem: how to focus it. Hmm. hmm. > >I went back to the office and found my little pencil beam flashlight, shone it >on the doorknob, and manually focused the camera. Reframed just a little by >turning the camera and tripod just a little to the left. Made a second >exposure. Perfect. > >As I step out of the bedroom carrying the camera and tripod, I hear this noise >from behind me. "Go back to sleep," I said. Noise ceased. > >Onwards. > >G >— >"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." > – Mark Twain -- 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.
