Sunday, January 18, 2009

Uninspired at 2.8


You can see how shallow your depth of field is at 2.8 in this photo. While the eye of the feather is in focus the tips that are just a fraction of an inch farther away are out of focus.

This has been a "crap" day. Austin is having a lot of trouble breathing. He has Reactive Airway Disease which is a form of Asthma. He doesn't have attacks from allergens or "triggers", he goes into distress any time he has a cold. Even a simple little cold. We have gone from Stage 1 in his treatment which is doses of Albuterol in his nebulizer to Stage 2, which adds the steroids. The albuterol is sort of an emergency fix that should relax his airways and get his body jolted back into a normal breathing pattern. The steriods control the inflamation and he has to stay on that for several days once it's started. Hopefully we won't get to Stage 3 which is the oral steriods and a trip to the ER. He seems to have stabilized this morning and we continue with the Albuterol and steroids. He's already tired of the "HoverMom" and keeps telling me: "Stop listening to me breathe!"

Taken last night with Sigma 150 2.8 Macro and posted today.

6 Your thoughts:

Jo-Anne Price said...

Sorry to hear about your son and hope he feels better real soon!

I LOVE peacock feathers and this is a nice close up of one and the colors and textures are spot on!

Jane said...

Lovely photo of the peacock feather and enjoyed your depth of field observations. Hope your son feels better really soon. Is this something he will eventually grow out of or something he'll have to deal with his whole life?

Andrea said...

I pray that your son is well soon Dana.

Dana said...

Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes. He had a pretty good day today. It seems the treatments have stabilized him for now. If we can just beat this cold we'll be ok. Most kids grow out of this problem. We've been dealing with this since he was about 6 months old.

Jessica Sell - Owner of A.E.P. said...

Nice detail in the feather. Hope he feels well soon.

Anonymous said...

The shot is gorgeous. I hope your little guy is feeling better by now.