[Leica] New Genre of Photography

[cartersxrd at gmail.com (Ric Carter)]

GORGEOUS!

Ric




> On Dec 27, 2022, at 7:26 PM, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at 
> leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> I am working on a new genre of photography - the driveby.  It invented it 
> out of boredom and necessity.  We were on a tight schedule on our trip 
> down to SoCal, so my lead-foot wife did a lot of the driving.  (You can 
> take the girl out of California, but you can't take California out of the 
> Girl).  So, while speeding along at 65+ I knew I could not ask her to stop 
> so I could take some pictures, so I devised the driveby.  Set the shutter 
> on the Nikon to 1/8000 and on the Q2 to 1/40,000 (Yep, 4 zeros) aimed it 
> out the side window and tried to time my shots to avoid obstructions. Did 
> not roll the window down as the temp was south of 20F a lot of the time.  
> What's the wind chill for 10F at 65mph?  Amazing what 1/40,000 can freeze.
> 
> So, here are a few of my attempts.
> 
> I have always wanted to stop to shoot these cliffs by Coleville, CA so 
> applied my new technique.
> 
> Coleville snow-2767 (leica-users.org) 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c22/Coleville+snow-2767.jpg.html>
> 
> Conway summit is always nice, but hard to stop as there is not much room 
> until you reach the top, which is not that great.  In the fall the aspen 
> are nice so I might have to apply my technique this fall, too.
> 
> Conway Summit-2778 (leica-users.org) 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c22/Conway+Summit-2778.jpg.html>
> 
> The scenery south of Mono Lake is nice in the winter.  This was a Q2 shot 
> so even the snow along the shoulder turned out sharp.
> 
> Mono Lake 395-1001226 (leica-users.org) 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/c22/Mono+Lake+395-1001226.jpg.html>
> 
> I will have to work on a few more.  Comments welcome.
> 
> Aram
> 
> -- 
> Aram Langhans
> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
> & Unemployed photographer
> ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself 
> would ever have dared dream.?
>   James D. Watson
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