Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For example: I was in Iowa visiting the old family farm, crested a hill and thought the vista was so beautiful, I just had to stop and photograph it. Parked at roadside, got out, picked the 35mm lens (a Nikon, probably thinking how much better the image would be with the M3 I'd sold to buy the fancy Nikon with its little color television set inside for a viewfinder and its nifty way of turning into a telescope with long lenses), and just as I was about to press the shutter release, a countrified gal in a rusty, battered pickup -- both apparently from central casting -- pulled off a side road and proceeded right into the lonely country road winding through open fields, meadows, and green, green trees, which I had visualized as totally peaceful, rustic, unruffled by the presence of humanity, and parked right in the middle of the shot, got out, and walked off into the fields and woods never to return, perhaps reabsorbed into an alternate reality to wreak havoc with a photographer in a parallel universe, that being her reason for being, her mission here accomplished. There were no other cars on the road. None. Just her, and she came along at just the right time and place to ruin the shot. What are the chances? Another time, this time in Pasadena, I noticed the brick fa?ade of a storefront, sidelit from the afternoon sun, a transitory effect, passing into history as I watched. I whipped out my Leica, took a light reading (I am NOT good at judging settings without a meter, sorry, purists), focused...and just at that moment, a car coasted to a stop right in the middle of the scene. They weren't parked, exactly, just stopped for no apparent reason. I crossed the street and, conscious of the fading light, asked them how long they might be. They had no idea because their engine had just quit, and they were waiting for a tow truck. I mean, really, what are the chances? I should, of course, give credit to this interactive universe we're in for the lucky accidents that have given me gifts of photographs I really like, those photographs when lights, camera, and action converged into one ultimate, unrepeatable instant. Thank you, universe, for your gifts...and your really, really annoying sense of humor. -----Original Message----- From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 6:56 AM To: lug at leica-users.org Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Whistler's Sunrise jon streeter wrote: >>> This could be part of an entertaining thread: beautiful photographs sabotaged by interlopers. A couple mine occurred to me immediately. <<< Likewise... Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft? Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information