[Leica] B.D. PAW

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

You are ABSOLUTELY right - I was really stupid putting the camera with
the lens that does not belong to me on the back seat....And the funny
thing is I usually either do put equipment on the floor, or hang it on
headrest, resting against the back of the front passenger seat...

As to the photo....She indeed looks sad, which I liked...But hey, that's
what this is about...as you know it's damn hard to pick out your own
winners and losers, unless they're really stinkers or winners, and I
didn't see this in either category. I probably let my 'politics' get in
the way of my photo taste - as in I like seeing her look bedraggled and
sad given what she was doing. :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Ted Grant
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 3:03 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] B.D. PAW


B. D. Colen  showed:
Subject: [Leica] B.D. PAW


> http://gallery.leica-users.org/B-D-COLEN-PAW/ChooseLifebw
> Shot same place as last week, a week later.
> Comments, criticisms, critiques welcome.

Hi B.D.,
If I have anything she doesn't look the least bit happy about "Choosing 
LIFE!" I mean isn't one suppose to look happy about life? Whereas she
looks 
like she's about ready to die instead. Or maybe it's the pouring rain!

I do not think it's any where near the quality of last week's picture on
the 
same subject.

> (Shot, btw, with Olympus E-1 unprotected in pouring rain, with 150 f 2

> - (35mm equiv of 300 f2). Did my shooting, threw wet camera onto back 
> seat, did week's grocery shopping. Drove home, put groceries away, 
> wiped off what water was left on camera and lens. No fogging. No 
> leaking. No special drying.)<<<<<<<,

One thing here and it may save a smashed or banged for repair camera
some 
day..:-( I don't care how you handled the camera wet and all, but you
put it 
in the wrong place!!!!!!!

>>>threw wet camera onto back seat, <<<<<<

In this case you should have ...... "thrown it on the floor!" This
avoids a 
hard braking quick stop of vehicle and camera flying off the seat to 
wherever or possibly into oblivion!! :-(

I never put cameras on the seat anytime if the car is going to be
rolling, 
as I learned the hard way many years ago of an emergency brake stomp and
a 
Rollieflex flying off the seat into the dash and smashing it badly
requiring 
extensive repairs. :-( So I make a point ever since of telling other 
shooters not to "put your camera on any seat." Always on the floor!
Period!

ted


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