Jim, wow on the sepsis complication! Glad you got the doc to treat you ASAP.
Yes getting old isn't for wimps. Between the new hearing loss and back issues, I've been seeing more of the base hospital this year. First appointment on Friday with the Neurosurgery clinic for the back, narrowing of the spinal cord canal and possible pars defect and slippage.
James Markus wrote:
Great photos everyone. My allergies got out of control, and turned to sepsis. Fortunately the Dr got me on some meds in extreme short order, and I'm on the mend already - getting old sucks!. More botanical garden leftovers with my favorite long working distance 480mm (EFL) macro - the D7200 200mm f4.0 ais micro + the modified TC-16a
Funny, it's been nearly 13 years since this thread started (thanks Curtis) and there was never any talk about ailments. Just goes to prove what the passage of time does to all of us. Hang in there folks, we'll deal with it all...together!
James, Kevin, Laura, sorry to hear about the health issues, wishes for continued healing and better diagnosis moving forward.
Andy, the boat looks to be largish tourist attraction running the narrow'ish canyon at high speed, I presume that is part of the appeal. Kuddos to the owners / operators that me to turn a thrill into income.
Some rust and almost OK looking bokeh from the 50-135.
That's another sign of aging - memory. I remember Curtis having part of his career dealing with end of life care. It made this thread a compassionate corner of the web, or perhaps it is my memory that is faulty?
leighton w wrote:
Funny, it's been nearly 13 years since this thread started (thanks Curtis) and there was never any talk about ailments. Just goes to prove what the passage of time does to all of us. Hang in there folks, we'll deal with it all...together!
Leighton it is called an “Organ Recital” in that all the failing organs are discussed ad nauseam.
Kevin hang in there buddy!
leighton w wrote:
Funny, it's been nearly 13 years since this thread started (thanks Curtis) and there was never any talk about ailments. Just goes to prove what the passage of time does to all of us. Hang in there folks, we'll deal with it all...together!
James Markus wrote:
That's another sign of aging - memory. I remember Curtis having part of his career dealing with end of life care. It made this thread a compassionate corner of the web, or perhaps it is my memory that is faulty?
Your memory is not failing you on this one, James. He did.
It looks like I missed a nice and foggy sunrise this morning. The sun was by then too high up, causing a lot of flaring. I still tried but nothing like what the King of Fog, Raymond could have achieved.
King of fog, eh? Siphiwe, not quite sure how to take that .
I do tend to seek out light and/or atmospherics when shooting outdoors locally, as I find that most of the year the unadorned natural environment just does not hold enough appeal to my photographic eye. Thank goodness for the wide variety of subject matter and large talent pool here to keep things interesting.
You had me thinking, so here's a fog shot from just about a decade ago. Within the same one mile stretch of the river where many of the sunrise/fog shots at this park are made on my way into work. Maybe I need a self imposed photographic hiatus on that park and take a longer route to chase something else :-) Likely with the 50-135 or 50 f1.8 AI, but I can't reliably figure it out from the EXIF on the D800.
This is rare: a whole day and a half has gone by without a post! I don't think I can stand it anymore, so here is another set of IR photos from last Saturday, all from the 35-200 f/3.5 A-is on my Fuji X-T2. The second and third images represent my lisping efforts to grapple with the monochrome conversion possibilities.
Edit: Looks like you and I dropped in to fill the gap at the same moment, Ray.
Early Saguaro blossoms near Mesa Arizona, 5/04/2023. Nikon 400 F3.5 AIS lens used. A Gila Woodpecker inside a blossom and a humming bird inbound to the blossoms.
Harry Palmer
Saguaro cactus blooming.
NIKON Z 7_2400mm f/3.5 lens400mmf/3.51/3200s64 ISO-1.3 EV
I haven’t been shooting much over the past several months. I’m hoping that will be able to change now.
Lilac in my yard shot with Nikkor-Q 135/2.8 on Z6.
This Trillium was in a nearby wooded area. I think it’s a T. kurayabashii which is surprising since its range is not supposed to extend this far north. Micro-Nikkor 55/2.8 on Df.
