Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Matt wrote: >> I recently was taking photos of the State Penitentiary in Anamosa, Iowa. It is massive and old stone building, built in the 1880s. Creepy too, of course. After a bit a uniformed guard in a pick-up pulls up next. He says, "Da boss and dem want to know what yur takin' pictures for." I wanted to say that I am planning a jail break, but I was dutifully humble and explained I liked the building and wanted a few photos of it. I was reprimanded.<<<< >>. On the way out of town, I got this shot and nobody challenged me in the >taking of it. http://www.uni.edu/kollasch/photo/paw/pages/week-16.htm<< Matt, Far more story telling than an old prison building! Well composed and says more about the prison than the building itself! Although I think it would've been far more fun, of course in my weird sense of humour and one had the guts, to tell him you were planing a break and wondered how much explosive to blow a big hole in the place! :-) With Leica at the ready..... smile and take his picture as he reacted! ;-) ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant