Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice photo and story. I guess Leica is the official photog bruising camera! :-P Who would have thought of snow in Las Vegas! On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>wrote: > Folks a quick photo post for your entertainment. Today we went on a tour in > a four wheel drive vehicle out of Las Vegas to Red Rock Canyon. Snow fell > ever more thickly which was pretty amazing for the desert and Las Vegas. We > ended up stuck in a snow drift on an off road track which was rather more > amazing. I got out to take photos, of course, while the tour operator > extricated our vehicle. The first shot following was in mid snow desert. > The > next was taken unexpectedly by my M8 as I fell heavily in the ice and snow > (my third fall in the snow!). My M8 swung sideways around my neck as I > landed and struck the side of my head. Luckily my head cushioned the > impact. > Presumably the Tom A soft release hit my temple as I landed. Not as bruised > as Tina but very nearly as sore. Anyway maybe a LUG worthy story. I'll tell > you about other M8 toughness, and UV/IR filter properties another time. > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/usa/LV2.jpg.html> > > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // b: http://richardfman.wordpress.com