Happy Birthday
It’s my father’s birthday today. Happy Birthday!
These shots are from this past summer of him hard at work with the confocal microscope at the Friday Harbor Labs. Which as it happens, is where he is this weekend as well.
Canon 5Dii, Nikkor-N 24/f2.8, ISO1600, 0.8 sec (top) and 1/5th sec (bottom), f-stop not recorded, ca f5.6 or f4, I think.
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Nice available light portrait work, especially the top one.
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Thank you Joseph. I like the first one too. Light was in short supply so these were quite long exposures.
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Great great shots Ehpem, it’s awesome seeing folks like this still working hard on things that interest them. Your dad looks to be a wonderful young man, we hope he had a terrific birthday full of great presents and cheer!!
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Hi Toad, and thanks a lot. I was away, and he was away, so I don’t actually know if he had presents and cheer, but I expect so, and hope so too.
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I hope your dad’s birthday was outstanding! I love these shots of him – he looks very content.
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I hope it was too. I think he must be back in town today, or tomorrow. Being out of town all weekend, I have not been able to phone and say hi.
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Happy Birthday to your dad.
Lemme guess – main lab, ground floor. Next door to the ultracentrifuge.
We have much in common – my dad, also, worked well into what most consider their “retirement years.” Basically continued until he passed. Nothing anyone said would have stopped him. I don’t think many understand what drives scientists to do what they do – it’s certainly not money, nor fame.
Very nice shots. I wish I had some similar ones, but no one thought to take them and now it’s too late.
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Hi Sam – thanks for your comments. And yes that is the spot. Though for years this equipement was in one of the old labs – Lab 2 perhaps, I don’t usually pay attention to their numbers. It was nice to take some photos of my Dad at work – I don’t think there are many others. More of him at his potter’s wheel than his microscope, for some reason.
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Wow, again – parallels…
I also have more photos of my dad at his “avocations” (fishing, sailing) than at work. More relaxed, and also more likely to have a camera at the time.
The focus your father has on what he’s doing yields a great deal of character to the shots. Your portraiture is really very good – I’d like to see you do more of it, if you are inspired to do so.
Thanks for making my day!
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Hi Sam. Glad to make your day! I do have more FHL shots that I plan on posting one of these days – just a bit distracted with abstracts at the moment.
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Good portraits, ehpem. I followed the link and I didn’t understand it at all! Haha!
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Hi Ashley – that makes two of us! I’m glad you liked the portraits.
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Happy birthday to your dad. I had a Nikon microscope just like that!
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Hi Ken. You did? What did you do with it? Or perhaps I should phrase that as what did you use it for?
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Cool! Happy Birthday to your father!
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Thanks Karen – I expect he be surprised at all the birthday wishes. He should check out your blog for the jelly fish photos. And the beauty of all your work.
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Now this looks really interesting, and these images are wonderful.
Happy Birthday to your Dad!!!!
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Thanks Lisa! Glad you like the shots.
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So thats how he spends his retirement years! It takes all sorts I guess…
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Yeah, some people just can’t tear their faces away from the eyepieces. Or computer screens.
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