Showing posts with label 8. V. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 8. V. Show all posts

Saturday, August 19, 2023

4136. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Manual Mode is not good for moving person.

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: 

Manual Mode is not good for photography of a moving person. Ellard kept moving his hand and tip-toeing during photography. I took 9 shots in a series, but Ellard's movements of hands and body changed the lighting conditions. This act blurred the portraits.

This first shot is least blurred as Ellard tip-toed. In Manual mode, the movement affects focusing and changes of lighting. Overall, the image is not satisfactory. 

Canon R5, Handheld. 1/5 sec, f/11, ISO 200, Manual, 25mm focal length. 

 I should have had used AV Mode, ISO 400, f/11 at AUTO SHUTTER SPEED.  

  UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/08/4136-photography-tips-manual-mode-is.html

 

 



 

 

Saturday, June 24, 2023

4852. TRAVELS SINGAPORE. "My teeth are original!" said the 73-year-old man.

TRAVELS SINGAPORE.

23 Jun 2023.

This fit and lean 73-year-old man had just returned from a solo tour of towns in Thailand.  He had said hello when he saw me taking photos of the Redhill Close flats using a tripod. He showed me his travel photos. 

The inexpensive and good food made me salivate. The hills he climbed after spotting them from his hotel room. The temples and gods he visited. The clean beds and toilets. The deserted fine beach he swam in.

I wished I was there, if only I could walk briskly and far.

I complimented him on his excellent fitting shiny yellow dentures. "My teeth are real", he everted his upper and lower lips with his hands to the maximum. "These are my original teeth!"

I could see the roots of the front teeth in his thinned gums. Many elderly men looked strange with gaps from lost front teeth. But they could not care less. This man had a full set, albeit shiny yellow instead of white "dentures". I mistook them for dentures.

I learnt my lesson. No more denture compliments from me from now on.  

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The 73-year-old man with the orange sling bag.
HDB blocks, Redhill Close, Singapore, 23 Jun 2023, 9.07 am. Canon R5,  AV, 1/40 sec, f/11, ISO 200

TO BUY PHOTO:    www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets

UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4852-travels-singapore-my-teeth-are.html



23 Jun 2023.

This fit and lean 73-year-old man had just returned from a solo tour of towns in Thailand.  He had said hello when he saw me taking photos of the Redhill Close flats using a tripod. He showed me his travel photos. 

The inexpensive and good food made me salivate. The hills he climbed after spotting them from his hotel room. The temples and gods he visited. The clean beds and toilets. The deserted fine beach he swam in.

I wished I was there, if only I could walk briskly and far.

I complimented him on his excellent fitting shiny yellow dentures. "My teeth are real", he everted his upper and lower lips with his hands to the maximum. "These are my original teeth!"

I could see the roots of the front teeth in his thinned gums. Many elderly men looked strange with gaps from lost front teeth. But they could not care less. This man had a full set, albeit shiny yellow instead of white "dentures". I mistook them for dentures.

I learnt my lesson. No more denture compliments from me from now on.  

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The 73-year-old man with the orange sling bag.
HDB blocks, Redhill Close, Singapore, 23 Jun 2023, 9.07 am. Canon R5,  AV, 1/40 sec, f/11, ISO 200

TO BUY PHOTO:    www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets

UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2023/06/4852-travels-singapore-my-teeth-are.html

 

 

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 I met a man 👨 called Eric

He was my age at 73

“You are lean and trim,” I complimented.

“I am like this because I am a poor man,” he pointed to my paunch.

I didn’t reply

I was taking photos of the demolition of Redhill Close when he approached to ask about my hobby.

He whipped out his mobile phone from his shorts suddenly

and narrated his recent solo tour of towns from Bangkok to the Northern Thailand

His two male buddies had backed out of the tour. So he toured solo.

The Thai food was cheap, tasty and clean - no diarrhoea or stomach aches

He swam in a deserted white sandy and clean beach.

“I saw these hills from my hotel room” he showed me the photos. “I climbed up to the top.”.

I wished I had his strong muscular legs and iron knees.

“The beds are very clean and so are the toilets”, he showed more photos.

The reader must be bored now.

I wasn’t as I am into travel photography.

After some more photos of the gods and temples, I said, “You have good fitting dentures as there are no gaps between the teeth.”

His front teeth were gleaming a shiny yellow although most dentures I saw in the elderly are white and not glossy.

Dentures do come in various hues.

Eric’s eyes shot out fireworks 🔥 as he said, “I still have my original teeth!”

“Look, look!”, he everted his lips very widely as if I was his dentist. “ These are real, very real teeth!”.

I could see the faint outlines of the roots of his incisors under the thinned pink gums.

The moral of my story?

Don’t compliment dentures. It is a risky and sensitive issue!

 

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Abscess in pets - Case Study: closed pyometra

Two interns from RI.  Abscess is their project.
Abscess can occur in any part of the body and system. Closed pyometra is an example of abscess in the reproductive system


They saw two cases

Open pyometra in a young female Boxer. Pus in vagina.
Closed pyometra in a 15-year-old. No pus in vagina.
   "I thought she was putting on weight," the elderly owner said.
   "The left abdomen has a large bulge, while the right is swollen but not bulging," I said to the interns. "Observation can tell a vet many things. This is not a case of ascites, a video done by the 2 interns recently.
  The dog has closed pyometra," I said. "When was her last heat?"
  "No more since last year," the woman said.
   "To save on medical costs, no blood test and X-rays."

I checked the history.

History
Maltese, Female, not spayed, Born July 1998

7 Sep 2005 I saw the dog in 2005.  Ear flap infections. "False pregnancy," I advised spay.
11 Sep 2006  Vaccination. Breast tumour MG5 left advised surgery.
11 Aug 2008. Vaccination. False pregnancy. Heat 2 months ago.
14 May  2009      Vacc
8 Oct 2010            Vacc
22 Sep 2011   Vacc & dental
20 Sep 2012   Vacc
11 Dec 2012  Vacc
17 Dec 2012  Tooth extraction
16 Jan 2013   False pregnancy Milk seen
18 Aug2013  Swollen abdomen, left side much bigger bulge. 15 years old.

BLOOD TEST
No abnormal total white cell count, but neutrophils high at 84.9% (60-70%)
Kidney's Creatinine 26 low (89-177)

X-RAYS
Radio dense womb seen

As dog is said to have swollen abdomen seen only in the past 2 days, it is possible that there is no increase in total WCC.

The dog came in on Aug 19, 2012 and the owner was worried about anaesthetic deaths. This was a 15-year-old Maltese. So, she had taken the dog back to think whether to do surgery or not. I gave the dog antibiotic injections and medication home. 

I spoke to the owner yesterday Tuesday, Aug 20, 21 as regards the X-rays showing swollen uterine bodies.
The left abdomen had such a large bulge as if there was a big hot dog bulging from the skin.

"I gave the dog the oral antibiotics. She vomited but now is eating and looks active."
"This is only temporary improvement in health," I said. "If you delay the surgery, the toxins will spread and it will be too late. It is urgent that you get the dog operated today before the uterine body rupture leaking pus into the inside and killing the dog, but there is the possibility of death on the operating table. You have to make the decision to operate."

"What is the chance of survival?" the slim elderly lady asked.

"Not good as the dog is very old and the kidney function is not normal."
"What are the chances of the dog dying during surgery?"
"Less than 50%," I said.
"How am I to decide?" she asked.
"The owner has to decide. Actually you have no choice," I said. "If you don't operate now, it will be too late as the dog gets sicker every day." 
The owner decided to get the dog operated today, Wednesday.