A day and a night and a night and a night in the hospital

By Icemarine written 4/10/06 4:22 PM, published 4/10/06 4:22 PM

I feel like I've been gone forever... It was just three days in the hospital, but when you're not the one sleeping, it's like a year.

So what does a photographer do when he's bored?

This one plays with Popup Link Perspective!! (or is this called DOF?)

When that was no longer interesting I messed with Popup Link Long exposures at Night and seeing what control I had over Manual Focus with my point-and-shoot camera.

The next day, with the wind blowing hard, I took about 30 shots before I finally got the American flag AND the POW flag both standing at the Popup Link VA Med Center next door.

(And I'll spare you the 2 hours I spent messing around with f-stop and shutter speeds... about 75 pictures later and I'm still no wiser!)

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lifeonfilm
•4
4/10/06 4:28 PM

Nice shots! I hope all is well there.

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Beholden
•2
4/10/06 4:52 PM

isnt it great to stay busy help widdle the time away....hope everyone is ok......

- ummmm

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jessa
•2
4/10/06 5:38 PM

That first shot is terrific... glad you got some time to better know your camera :)

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bugaboo
•4
4/10/06 5:46 PM

Love the first picture!

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Birdie
•4
4/10/06 5:58 PM

Going for the first picture!

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Wildman
•4
4/10/06 6:30 PM

Thanks for the shots Ice Man! Hope your OK!

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JustPeachy
•3
4/10/06 6:31 PM

I too really like the first pic. Cool Perspective. Hope everything is OK.

- Good Kitty No More

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imagesbycfm
4/10/06 7:16 PM

The first shot is great. Hope all is well. -CFM

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austinspace
•4
4/10/06 8:07 PM

that first one is so cool! Very well done.

- here and there

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Icemarine
4/10/06 8:33 PM

Thanks all... It was actually my lovely wife that was sick... kidney surgery (and with JayHuff's comments about his urologist, we might be talking about the same thing!) Anyway, we're finally home again, she's up and walking, albeit slowly. Thanks for your concern!

- Huh?

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MRQUACKERS
•5
4/10/06 11:54 PM

Glad everything is going OK with you. Also, glad you kept up trying to get the flags shot -- Mother Nature can be a bitch sometime!

- A quack with an camera

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loweho
•6
4/11/06 6:11 AM

Glad your Sergeant Major (or Master gunnery Seargeant) is ok, Icemarine! At least, she has someone to wait on her that's used to taking orders. Great shots and story! Hope she's up and about soon!

- Fickle Finger of F8

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Photo Yaloo
•3
4/11/06 7:02 AM

Nice shots.

- In tune with the camera.

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GODSGIRL
4/12/06 8:16 AM

We are praying that all is well with you. Some of the best pictures I've taken were when I was on Morphine after my daughter's birth :)

- Gods girl

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Don Phillips
•3
4/25/06 6:52 AM

Can't think of a better way to spend your time in the hospital than to take photo's . Hope all is well with you now. Great post

- Don

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