Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:46 PM 11/25/01 -0800, "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com> wrote: >I have struggled with shots just like week 45. How to show boredom without >being boring? I think that if you could have backed off more or used a much >wider lens the feeling of no action could have been expressed more >effectively. Good point and quite likely you are correct. Thanks for the comments Don. >Week 46 is great. Perfect feel for going in to the woods in the fall. The >shadow looks like you are carrying a dbl shotgun. Are the woods so thick >that a shotgun is more effective than a rifle? Or is civilization so >present that you need a shotgun? Actually that is the shadow of an 1873 Winchester .44-40 rifle that has been in the family for nearly 100 years. It still is deadly accurate (if I ever get the opportunity to take a shot again in my lifetime!) so I still use it. And no, where I live there is little to no "civilisation." :) I like it that way actually even though it makes 'street photography' much less exciting. I prefer to have the option to drive to the action or not as I like. Yes, I do miss Chinese (or any) Take Out availability after 8 pm, but life in paradise demands some sacrifices. Boston is only 2.5 hours south and NYC only a 6 hour's drive if I'm really dying for metro life. Only the very few towns in Maine near the "cities" have shotgun or bow only laws. (The only "cities" in Maine are: Portland, Bangor, Lewiston-Auburn, Saco-Biddeford....that's it...and in most any other state they'd be considered medium sized towns...Portland is our most populous with about 75-80k people.) Carpe Luminem, Michael - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html