Sierra Sacramento Valley Medicine Archives
Volume 60 / Number 4 - Jul / Aug 2009
About the Cover
"Gone Fishing" is another in a series of covers by Greg Joy, MD, of
Placerville, a retired orthopedic surgeon. He took the photo in about 2000,
and started working on it a couple of years later. His comments:
"Baja California has long been one of my favorite places to photograph. The only reason for arising early to fish is to watch the sun rise over calm water." This 35mm slide was scanned at 2800dpi into Photoshop, worked and then a small portion was cropped, blown up and used to make this piece.
"When a photograph originates on film and is enlarged too much, the emulsion begins to affect the work. In this instance, I was able to work the piece and use this anomaly to add texture."
Some of Dr. Joy's images can be seen at his website, www.alegriastudio.com.