Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam Bridge SHOWED: Subject: [Leica] IMG: Study, Vancouver high rises > Taken from 12th floor balcony in the Sandman Hotel in morning light. > > <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/gallery/23052813_ZsxXSq#!i=1882570742&k=5bQ6WB8&lb=1&s=A> > > I was quite taken with the array of high rise structures.<<<<< Hi Adam, A very eye catching photo to say the least. Certainly illustrates how Vancouver is growing in leaps and bounds! Several years ago while in Toronto on assignment I was in a similar location as yourself. Hotel facing several high rise buildings and I thought "What interesting pattern shots for the stock agency?" So I set tripod up. (yes I had one sometimes depending on assignment.) :-) Locked on a Leica 400mm 2.8 as I wanted good tight full fame transparencies. So a long lens like this not only filled the frame, it nearly gained me entrance to some of the suites in the buildings. So I'm panning along looking at the compositions of windows etc. clicking away. When all of a sudden I have a near full frame of a naked guy standing at his window, doing what we might call.... "Playing with himself full view to the world." Heaven only knows why he'd want to display his manly under-hangings, but there he was and I clicked a couple of frames just for the hell of it to go to the agency just to hear the responses. :-) However, he must have seen me or most likely the front of the lens pointed in his direction! I've never seen a guy take a floor dive so fast in my life! :-) I did catch a glimpse of him peeking over the window sill looking at the hotel. But by then I had packed gear as I was about to leave on the shoot. No I didn't wait around to see if he was going to do an encore! :-) Interesting things in the world you can see from a hotel window with a long lens! :-) cheers, Dr, ted :-)