Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<<Last week I did not take any pictures. My dog was hit by a car and is still in the hospital; immediately after the accident she was in shock and instinctively bit my right hand, which is now swollen and taped up so I can photograph only with the greatest difficulty. And frankly, my... >> Ouch! Nathan, so sorry to hear this. I hope your dog will be all right. Was she hurt seriously? <<of the days I took the children to Legoland Windsor while my wife was let loose in the shops, and the first three inages are from there: http://www.wajsman.com/2002_17.jpg >> The expressions in the main #17 reminds me of the time I was on a rollercoaster in Disneyland (Space Mountain?). While it was dark and I couldn't see anything, I think I heard the equivalent of "Oh, Shiiiiiiiiiii.......*" in at least seventeen languages! Good catch, not sure I could have turned around under such circumstances! <<Here is one of the many buskers, with a somewhat unique choice of instrument, taken outside the HMV shop on Picadilly. I especially liked the symmetry between his traffic cone and the HMV logo on the door: http://www.wajsman.com/2002_17alt6.jpg >> Nice visual pun! <<When I am around famous landmarks, I usually look more at the people than at the building. Here is a Japanese tourist photographing St. Paul's Cathedral: http://www.wajsman.com/2002_17alt7.jpg >> I *really* like this one, with bike lane leading the eye from the tourist to the cathedral. I wish the tourist had been a little further to the right in the frame, but then he wouldn't have been in line with the cathedral, or maybe there was something in the way on the left I think this is a good example of how you can't apply view-camera compositional standards to a quick street shot. Perhaps when you're feeling better you could tweak the contrast a little, get some richer blacks in it. One could do a photo essay on Japanese tourists photographing things. In the Canadian Rockies, I once witnessed a Japanese man walk right up to a bull elk in full antlers, shove a big zoom lens in the elk's face and start clicking away. The elk lowered his head and stepped forward. I was sure he was about to make sushi out of the tourist, who jumped away just in time. Alas, my camera had broken on that trip, so I have no picture of the incident. Later that day in a restaurant, I saw an entire tour group photograph every dish as it emerged from the kitchen! - --Peter - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html