Just when i am seemingly starting to get my head above water theres a hand to push me under again...
Erik,
I do really feel for you having another issue come down on you in the form of water, this time! Sorry and I hope it gets cleaned up without too much back-ache! Not a nice thing to happen and you have my empathy and good wishes on this misfortune.
Why do you single yourself out as "special" in this regard? It happens to all of us. I get to know the real tragedies that happen here. Every person here has had some misfortune of that level or much greater in the past year. You name it: hit by an uninsured driver, child assaulted, picture stolen, family member has cancer, drive crashed and data lost completely, break in, tied up and beaten and everything stolen, (twice to one OPFr and his fiancée!), fired or laid off from job, hospitalized for some rare illness, wife runs off with someone else, daughter pregnant, family member has Alzheimer's disease and more.
So you had a flood! Dry things up and say, "Next!" and tackle the issues of the day.
As far as you broken drive and cards are concerned, if you trusted me, you would have had the data back within a week. However, that's your choice! So it takes longer!
&%^&*&^% happens to everyone, Erik! We just deal with it, have a shower, pull up our pants and socks and get on with the next day.
I just got the data recovery program to recover the files from my crashed drive which has kept me from selling any prints...It was a ray of light...And the Farmers Market starts in May...I had some hope..Then tonight a pipe burst in the attic over the garage and water was raining down from the ceiling everything that was in the attic soaked and things in the garage now soaked..A major mess dry wall ruined and i have no money for this...I
Erik, Dry wall? Come off it! That's no big deal. Rip off the old stuff, put on a fan to dry it for a week and then replace the drywall leaving 1/8" space between boards. Just add tape and a little joint compound let it dry and sand. One coat of white paint and it's good enough to hang pictures on!
I've had 4 floods in the past year and that's what I've done! Pipes leak! If not, there would be no abandoned homes to look like they did in Bart and Cem's pictures!
It is like a sign that there is no way i will ever get back on my feet again.....
Nonsense! Erik snap out of it, this is a normal happening and you just got a small portion of %$^##, which happens since everything that has running water wears out! Just a fact of life. don't want leaks? Live in an Arizona cave as a hermit!
Just like someone has this unbreakable clamp on me...The image is just fitting... =(
Not so, even if the devil was real, he wouldn't bother conjuring up ways to drive you crazy and test your will! If you can take pictures like this and the one with a rusty door, then you are more fortunate than a hell of a lot of other folk who have no vision at all to make such choices.
Now, this picture? I like it. Again, more like what I'd expect from Jim Collum and am happy to see the second image of this kind from you that I am enjoying. Add to that the finding that you didn't cripple the image with over-processing or whatever you have done. This is a good file. I'd consider a slight S-curve, if you want someone can post a version for you.
Focus on selling the pics. This one needs some more in the series with the rusted door. That one had much better contrast. How was this in color?
Asher