Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Americans have their garage, the Canadians their basement, the Germans their attic, the French their kitchen and the Chinese & Japanese, their rooftops. - --- GeeBee <graham@geebeespaw.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > The Brits have a thing about garden sheds. They > house model railways, > observatories, radio ham equipment, darkrooms and > just about anything else > you can think of. Sheds are also quiet backwaters > that provide peace and > quiet and a place to unwind. I have no first hand > knowledge of this but it > is well documented. The BBC has even made programmes > on the Great British > Shed. It may be a world wide phenomenon, if it isn't > then only the Brits > will understand its' importance to some of the > population. > > Some sheds are very plain affairs but others are > quite ornate, grandiose > even. I saw this one over a garden fence whilst out > walking along the canal > towpath. I thought it would make a colour shot with > the owner as a > 'stranger' but as usual I wimped out and carried on > walking without asking > the owner, who was working nearby, if I could take > a photograph. > > Two hundred yards later I decided to go back and ask > if I could take a > photograph but the owner had gone, so after hanging > around for a few minutes > waiting for him to return and getting twitchy I > settled for a colour shot of > the shed. I had to lean over the fence slightly to > get the fence out of the > shot and because the shed was quite close I took the > 35mm Summicron from the > M6(b&w) and put it on the M2(colour). Took a couple > of shots and the owner > returned so I asked if I could take his photograph. > He agreed. I took the > shot. I resumed my walk. I had, as ever, been jumpy > as hell photographing a > stranger so that was probably why I had taken his > photograph, in colour, > with a red filter on the lens from a previous shot. > I went back and got > this: > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/michael2.html > > I think it was worth it but then only I know the > pain of getting it. Maybe I > should write a book 'How to take photographs whilst > having a panic attack' > > Strangers Index: > http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/strangers.html > > --Graham > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html