Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Channeling Ted Grant: I was waiting on a downtown 4 train in Manhattan and a train pulled in across the tracks. I noticed that there was a woman with her back up against the door, arm outstretched steadying herself while she was making out with a guy. I didn't think, I just pulled the camera up to my eye and clicked: http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/313293-2/x0001_E_BW_full.jpg Here's a crop of that photo: http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/313296-2/x0001_E_BW_crop.jpg The camera was on aperture priority so it blew out the highlights and I had a bit of recovery to do in that bright window. The raw file looks like a solid sheet of white. Thanks Ted! It works! I saw it, then I captured the moment. When I got on the train I was waiting for, there was a man who had the full attention of most passengers in the car, watching him solve a Rubik's cube, one handed, very fast: http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/313299-2/x0002_E.jpg A shot from the WTC construction site. Most construction sites aren't secured like this one. When I was in the Seabees in Iraq, the only places I saw wire that high with halogens every 15 feet was our prisoner holding facility in-camp. We never secured project sites like this: http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/313305-2/L1008492_E.jpg Thanks all. Phil Forrest -- http://philipforrestphoto.wordpress.com/ http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest