Too Funny
You just gotta love getting old. As they say often, “It beats the alternative.” (I agree on that.)
I was walking around the house in my stocking feet this afternoon as I always do–tile floor throughout–getting ready for my nap and feeling jet-lagged-out-of-it, practically out on my feet. I was way past ready for my nap but had to use the facilities. I made the right turn from the hallway into the john, stepped on the edge of a small rug, and went down like the proverbial ton of bricks putting out my right hand to stop myself. On the way down I thought, “Don’t break your right wrist; you fly to Quito on Sunday.” The fall was nowhere near as bad as the one I took in the motel bathroom in Fort Myers a few years ago but as I got up, I saw that I had somehow gouged my left arm just above the wrist; it looked as if I had taken one of those rounded wood chisels to it with a vengeance. I cleaned it up nicely, bandaged it–I have lots of supplies left over from my second surgery, and–though it took me a while to fall asleep after a surge of adrenalin, took a short nap. I am now none the worse for wear.
I chuckled when I thought of how careful I was up on that mountain just a few days ago, taking great care with every step, aware that I might slip and fall and seriously injure myself or destroy my gear. Then take a turn into the bathroom and go down hard (but not for the count!) You gotta love getting old.
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What is it? What focal length was used to create the image? Answer in two days. 🙂
I like the way you made the image into black and white. The image is shards of ice. Being from Maine, this is a common sight in late winter early spring when a thaw sets in.
Glad to hear you’re fine! I believe they are shards from melting ice and are resting on top of a stream. In terms of focal length I’m thinking along the lines of Don – 70-200, 2X tele around 200-300mm.
Cheers!
Definitely ice crystals forming. Could easily be 10 feet in front of you, and if this is the full image focal length 100.
Low tide with once-floating wood fragments from a chipper?
Good thinking on keeping your wrist out of the action. A person of any age can go down hard and suddenly, so maybe you should credit years of experience with saving you an awkward cast.
Happy to see that your are OK. If I where you I would keep off mountains.
I’m glad you weren’t seriously hurt. I’m a good deal older than you and falling is a real concern. I’ve often wondered if I should fall out on a trail if I would try to save my equipment or my butt.
Eric, Are you visiting Hood and Tower Islands and seeing the Tortoises in the wild?
Wow Artie, glad you didn’t break anything! Take good care of that booboo. I can’t wait to see what you make in Ecuador and the Galapagos. I keep going back to posts from your previous trips and marvel at those beautiful shots. I’m counting the days until my trip there -is 91 as of this morning.
I’m guessing dirty ice, too. I thought on land though, tundra perhaps. 70-200mm w/1.4TC seems like the obvious guess. Stay well.
Eric
Fragile ice that formed on the surface of water and was broken up – although some of it is on the 3 visible rocks, the rest floats in water.
70-200 II with TC 2.0x, and you asked for focal length — I’ll guess around 250-275mm on the MkIV.
Don