[Leica] New Genre of Photography

[Aram Langhans]

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

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Aram Langhans
(Semi) Retired Science Teacher
& Unemployed photographer
  
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