It's been six months since I've done anything with my camera; last weekend I decided I'd had enough of sitting on my butt recovering from my Levaquin "poisoning" and kicked myself out of bed for a sunrise at Flatiron Vista. (Actually, I started off down by Coal Creek Canyon, but before sunrise I decided there weren't enough flowers there and hauled on up the road a bit.)
Later that day we headed up to Leadville on an errand and I decided I had to stop at Clinton Gulch to capture the thawing reservoir.
Welcome back Les. I also really dig the patterns on the Clinton Gulch shots (which are sort of echoed in the melting snow on the mountains). Cool stuff.
All of these are really well done!
I especailly like the flower (can't help with ID) and the Clinton Gulch images.
Glad you're feeling better and decided to get up and out!
Good to see you are out shooting again after 6 months of ?antibiotic? poisoning. The first is pleasing, but as you said there was not enough flowers to make it really special. The patterns were definitely a nice find on the gulch. Good job after being stuck in rest mode for so long.
Todd, I was thinking "this would be cool at sunset - if there is a sunset" when I was taking the gulch shots; I just couldn't stay - had a big party for a friend that night with great music and company. You take what you can get, I guess.
I'll look into the B&W, Paul - it's the kind of image that silver halides were made for.
Posted by Pam Colander on June 8, 2010 at 12:25 AM
Levaquin poisoning..WHAT!?! Glad you're better and these are pretty cool shots. Love the patterns the breaking ice made. The flower...maybe a paintbrush variety?
Thanks for the comments. And to those who asked, yes, I got seriously messed up by a prescription antibiotic - due to slipping in water while taking photos, I might add. About 1-2% of people who are prescribed drugs in the Fluoroquinolone familiy, including Levaquin and Cipro, wind up with tendon damage or other "interesting" side-effects. I won't go into too much detail here, but after my personal experience I will say this:
This family of drugs is, according to the FDA, supposed to be prescribed for serious conditions only where other antibiotics are contra-indicated. If you know you're safe (so far) with another antibiotic, and it's one that should work against whatever infection you might have, ask for the known-safe antibiotic rather than anything in this family of drugs. The Fluoroquinolone family is suppsedly less prone to allergic reactions, but the side effects can suck. If you do find yourself on any one of these drugs, stop taking them IMMEDIATELY if you feel any weirdness in your muscles, nerves, tendons, or joints - continuing to take them will worsen the condition. Doctors seem particularly ill-informed about these side-effects, and some of them have begun handing out Levaquin for any bacterial infection like it's candy.
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17 repliesLater that day we headed up to Leadville on an errand and I decided I had to stop at Clinton Gulch to capture the thawing reservoir.
Welcome back to the fold!
I especailly like the flower (can't help with ID) and the Clinton Gulch images.
Glad you're feeling better and decided to get up and out!
I'll look into the B&W, Paul - it's the kind of image that silver halides were made for.
Joe Rogers
This family of drugs is, according to the FDA, supposed to be prescribed for serious conditions only where other antibiotics are contra-indicated. If you know you're safe (so far) with another antibiotic, and it's one that should work against whatever infection you might have, ask for the known-safe antibiotic rather than anything in this family of drugs. The Fluoroquinolone family is suppsedly less prone to allergic reactions, but the side effects can suck. If you do find yourself on any one of these drugs, stop taking them IMMEDIATELY if you feel any weirdness in your muscles, nerves, tendons, or joints - continuing to take them will worsen the condition. Doctors seem particularly ill-informed about these side-effects, and some of them have begun handing out Levaquin for any bacterial infection like it's candy.