Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Don, I don't mind including folks in the scene. Sometimes it adds, sometimes it detracts. Best, as you and Tina suggest, to get both and decide. However, this guy was just a pisser. He looked me straight in the eye and, with a defiant smug look sat down with his wife, I presume, and began sipping his Starbucks. It was the look that lit my fuse, picture be damned. So I made the call and was quite pleased it lit him up. Best, Bob On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Don Dory <don.dory at gmail.com> wrote: > I'm with Tina, change the image to a couple at sunrise. Start noisily > snapping away. A good image if they stay and a good image if they leave.. > > > On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Indeed it is wonderful when it all comes together. > > > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Jon Streeter <jon.streeter at cox.net> > wrote: > > > > > 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? 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