Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Graham: Stranger #29, his dog and his shed are wonderful. If the shed had wheels one could almost say tzigane! Seth LaK 9 - ----- Original Message ----- From: "GeeBee" <graham@geebeespaw.freeserve.co.uk> To: "LUG" <Leica-Users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 10:56 PM Subject: [Leica] Stranger #29 > The Brits have a thing about garden sheds. They house model railways, > observatories, radio ham equipment, darkrooms and just about anything else > you can think of. Sheds are also quiet backwaters that provide peace and > quiet and a place to unwind. I have no first hand knowledge of this but it > is well documented. The BBC has even made programmes on the Great British > Shed. It may be a world wide phenomenon, if it isn't then only the Brits > will understand its' importance to some of the population. > > Some sheds are very plain affairs but others are quite ornate, grandiose > even. I saw this one over a garden fence whilst out walking along the canal > towpath. I thought it would make a colour shot with the owner as a > 'stranger' but as usual I wimped out and carried on walking without asking > the owner, who was working nearby, if I could take a photograph. > > Two hundred yards later I decided to go back and ask if I could take a > photograph but the owner had gone, so after hanging around for a few minutes > waiting for him to return and getting twitchy I settled for a colour shot of > the shed. I had to lean over the fence slightly to get the fence out of the > shot and because the shed was quite close I took the 35mm Summicron from the > M6(b&w) and put it on the M2(colour). Took a couple of shots and the owner > returned so I asked if I could take his photograph. He agreed. I took the > shot. I resumed my walk. I had, as ever, been jumpy as hell photographing a > stranger so that was probably why I had taken his photograph, in colour, > with a red filter on the lens from a previous shot. I went back and got > this: > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/michael2.html > > I think it was worth it but then only I know the pain of getting it. Maybe I > should write a book 'How to take photographs whilst having a panic attack' > > Strangers Index: > http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/strangers.html > > --Graham > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html