Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/10
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Yes, but railing would be environmentally un-cool.
Gene
Alastair Firkin
<firkin@ncable.net.au> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
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owner-leica-users@mejac.palo Subject: Re: [Leica] Horseshoe bend
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06/10/2003 05:12 PM
Please respond to
leica-users
Mike and other "yanks",
I cannot believe there is no railing around the edge of that place:
surely a popular jumping off point, and the edges do not look stable to
me, especially to the left of centre. I tramped all around the area but
as Mike says, there are not too many real options beyond this image,
though most people seem to take the shot a little to the left of where
I dangled ;-)
Cheers
On Wednesday, Jun 11, 2003, at 06:09 Australia/Melbourne, Michael
Chmilar wrote:
> bdcolen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> said:
>
>> Okay, so after you've risked your life, what do you have? ;-)
>
> Pretty much the same result that Alastair (and thousands of
> others) got. Only bigger! Cuz it's 4x5!
>
> You can walk up and down the rim as much as you want. There
> is only one shot.
>
> Actually, the spot is not that scary. The worst is when the
> wind is blowing up the face of the drop, in gusts.
>
> And, consider this: if you are hand-holding an SLR with an
> ultra-wide lens, you might be tempted, while still looking
> through the viewfinder, to take "one little step closer" -
> over the edge! At least with a tripod, that risk is reduced.
>
> Oh yeah, don't forget about the evil, mythical creature that
> hides under the drop, waiting for you to lean over, so it
> can reach up, grab your belt (or collar), and pull you over.
>
> later,
> Mike
>
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Alastair
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