[Leica] IMG: Whistler's Sunrise

[rgacpa at gmail.com (Bob Adler)]

Thanks everyone for the sage advice! This cat crap one is my favorite, 
though Tina's suggestion of playing the role of director worked very well 
last night at another bench (haven't had time to buy any cat crap yet...)!
Best,
Bob

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On Nov 9, 2012, at 8:09 AM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:

> Beautiful image.  How about carrying a wet paint sign that you could clone
> out?  Or maybe some fake cat poop.  Just a thought.
> 
> Ken
> 
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> [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> Robert
> Adler
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 2:48 AM
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> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Whistler's Sunrise
> 
> Woke up at 5:30am to try to grab a sunrise, I had pre-spotted a good
> swinging bench to shoot and got down to it at about 5:50am. Set up my 
> tripod
> and camera just across the walking path pointed at the bench swing and was
> standing behind the camera making adjustments looking at the bench.
> 
> So along comes a couple about my age, the guy looks me in the eye and sits
> down on the bench with their coffee and proceeds to sit waiting for the
> sunrise. From the straight look at me and then sitting on the bench which I
> was obviously taking a picture of, I figured it wasn't going to do much 
> good
> to ask them to move. The sun had not risen yet; I figured I had about
> 10 minutes before the light became nice and soft just before sunrise.
> 
> What to do? I really didn't want a confrontation as I hadn't had my coffee
> yet. So I figured, if this guy looked at me as if saying, "it's a free 
> world
> and I can damn well sit where I want" it was also a free world for me to do
> what I wanted. I started whistling. I choose a nonsensical, made-up as I
> went along "tune" with highs and lows, random synchopation and, basically
> really annoying. It totally ruined a peaceful sunrise experience; not too
> loud, but irritating and constant. I was not going to stop. I just happily
> continued on whistling, pretending to adjust my camera, fiddle and 
> basically
> avoid any eye contact what so ever. I could feel the irritation radiating
> from the bench. But I just kept on whistling...
> 
> After about 10 minutes, They got up and stepped to the side of the bench. I
> immediately stopped whistling, waited a few seconds for a bit more glow and
> began taking photos. I never whistled another note and they did not venture
> into my field of view and after a few minutes left. I felt the guy wanted 
> to
> come over and say something, but I think I had given him exactly what he 
> had
> given me, so there really was no offensive (no pun intended) tact he could
> take.
> 
> The sunrise wasn't all that great, but I really like the story!
> http://www.rgaphoto.com/Kauai/content/Sunrise1Pano_large.html
> 
> Best,
> Whistlin' Bob
> 
> --
> Bob Adler
> 
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