Leica's and cows!!!!!!

[ted grant <75501.3002@compuserve.com>]

Hi all,

Well before I could say "Holy s----t Batman!"  the old cow let fly and
there I was, Leicas and all, standing covered in it! And I don't mean
ROSES! :)

I'm shooting on a project about veterinarians at work and this was a "large
animals" vet. Like cows, horses etc.  Thank goodness not dinosaurs! :)

I hadn't seen these guys at work doing internal examinations, therefore not
prepared for the potential "pepper spray!"  I'm being polite here folks as
it wouldn't be gentlemanly of me to call it what it really was.

The M6 around my neck was a glorious effect of glistening brown and black
chrome metal. The lens, what else but the Noctilux, couldn't be determined
at the moment.  Not to mention how elegant I looked and smelled!

The R8 and lens was tucked behind my left arm and survived. However an R7 &
motor hanging lower received a significant covering of odorous what's it!
:)

Fortunately I had just put another R7 and M6 on a table at the end of the
stalls.  Had I been working with all of them as I had been earlier, the
clean-up would have been tougher! :)

So it kinda slowed things down for a bit as clean coveralls were found for
me, as well as paper towels and rags to clean the cameras.
So I proceeded to clean cameras first, what else would you expect me to do?
Worry about me? I managed to clean the cameras pretty well & with a box of
Q tips got at all the nooks and crannies.

Now the smell? Well that's another story! :)  When we were finished for the
day we got detergent on the way to the hotel and wiped them down. 

Moral of the story , "Don't stand behind the cow the vet just worked on, as
there's a good possiblity of a second edition! :)

And the cameras were OK, but it took a few more wipe downs before the
"smell of roses" was gone. :)  But I bet on a really hot day? :)

ted