Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not a sock, Ric. I use Leica corn starch, which, as you should know, comes in a nice red velvet sack. :) Actually, the particles in the air seemed to be left over from a recent burning of incense, like they do in churches sometimes. I was strolling around the chapel, baby strapped to my waist, when I saw an open door leading to a flight of stairs...there was no "do not enter" or "private" sign, so I walked through the door and was immediately hit with a *very* strong smell of incense. I almost turned back, but somehow thought the smell might be less intense downstairs (it was), so I kept going down. I went back at the same time of day on another sunny day a couple of days later with a pinhole matchbox camera to try the same shot, but there was no incense, particles, or streams of light that second day. Guess I got lucky the first time! :) Best, Aaron Ric Carter wrote: >Aaron keeps a sock filled with corn starch in his camera bag for >those times he finds himself in catacombs and in need of light >streamers;^) > >I took some pictures down there about 30-35 years ago on my first >"real" camera, a Yashica-Mat (pre-124). I must try to drum them up. > > >> >>>http://www.sandlerphotographs.com/paw/2006_08/index.html