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I joined DeviantArt web site a week ago and I am still feeling my way along this wonderful world of very talented photographic artists.

I am a photographer in Real Life and in Second Life.  I use Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20 and DMC-FZ200 cameras. I also use my iPhone 6Plus.

My work and interests are very varied and cover many topics: Landscapes, Autumn Leaves, Mountains, City Buildings and Bridges, Portraits and etc.

Some of my pictures are tone mapped images, using Photomatix Pro 5 software.

I have been retired for twenty years and photography is my hobby.  I post my images to 500PX, Flickr, Ipernity and DeviantArt web sites.

I have been married for 49 years now and we have one son. I will be 78 in July/14.

I have an IMAC 21.5 inch desktop computer and I use Iphoto and Aperture for editing images.

I worked as a mechanical project and design engineer in the pulp and paper industry for 33 years.

I had polio in 1951 at age 15 and am now dealing with its late effects. I do not eat orally anymore as I have severe swallowing difficulties. 

I use a PEG Tube for feeding.

Signed; Peter Ellis dated Jan 8/14 in Ottawa, Canada
© 2014 - 2024 pcellis
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SavvyRed's avatar
My cousin also had polio when he was young.  He grew up in Burma.  He walks with a leg brace now, but he's perfectly healthy in every other way!

I'm sorry that you are experiencing this kind of pain.  My grandfather is in a frail state, so when I visited him in San Francisco, I tried to make him as happy as I could because I knew there was a chance I would never see him again.  He seemed so glad to see me all the time; I couldn't really ask him because he only speaks Chinese and I speak very little of that language.  But he keeps living on, and he always has a smile on his face.  I hope that life only gets better with age for you, and one day I wish the live to be a senior citizen as well.