Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The best tip is to come to India for street shooting - you can take strangers and even their children without much trouble! Cheers Jayanand On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> wrote: > Very interesting pictures and story, Greg, tough question about our > values and the way we organize our societies in a time of crisis. As > concerns street photography, I haven't found so far a recipe for > unobtrusive picture-taking, "le droit ? l'image" is something people don't > fool with in this country and lawsuits might follow - mainly if the famous > are concerned, though, but I wouldn't dare taking close-ups of complete > strangers. I too would be very grateful for workable tips! > JM > > > Jean-Michel Mertz > Strasbourg > > > > Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 21:59:50 -0500 > > From: gcr910 at gmail.com > > To: lug at leica-users.org > > Subject: [Leica] An invisible man in Chicago (at the intersection of > Michigan Avenue and East Delaware Place) > > > > Some iPhone grabs apres workout of an all-too common street scene. > > > > Three images, two photos (A & B are the same image, different croppings). > > Facing west around 7 p.m. Most of the upper half was blown out. Some > rescue > > work done. Also brightness, contrast and a bit of sharpening. The URLs: > > > > -- A: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gcr910/The+Invisible+Man_001/Invisible+Man+A.jpg.html > > > > -- B: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gcr910/The+Invisible+Man_001/Invisible+Man+B.jpg.html > > > > -- C: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gcr910/The+Invisible+Man_001/Invisible+Man+C.jpg.html > > > > Got four shots before being noticed by the suits. One said stop. Another, > > reaching for his wallet, offered $20 to delete the images. Remarkably, I > > did not detonate. The monetary offer irritated me far beyond being told > -- > > yes, told -- to stop; don't mind being asked nicely and generally respect > > it. Twenty bucks, however . . . > > > > Did make a graphic-though-likely-physically-impossible suggestion about > > what they should do, and recommended they go away. Fast. Am not a big > guy, > > but being reasonably tall sometimes has advantages. > > > > Bad behavior aside, please comment, critique or otherwise offer thoughts > > about the images on- or off-list. Thank you in advance for your input. > > > > Greg Rubenstein > > > > P.S. Maybe some time one of you street shooters out there can teach me > how > > to be unobtrusive or lend me your cloak of invisibility for a brief > period. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >