Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ever seen how many Moose fatal accidents there are? These 1 ton males love to ram cars head on. Better use the 400 Telyt. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Shulman" Subject: [Leica] The Dangers of Nature Photography > Bus Crashes As Tourists Photograph Moose > By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS > Filed at 5:08 p.m. ET > > OSLO, Norway (AP) -- A bus carrying 40 elderly French tourists toppled into > a ditch by a motorway in central Norway on Tuesday after passengers demanded > the driver get closer to a moose grazing by the roadside so they could take > snapshots, police said. > > One woman suffered minor injuries in the accident on the motorway about 174 > miles north of Oslo, the Norwegian capital. Eager to photograph the moose > ''in its natural environment,'' the tourists had asked the driver to get > closer to the animal, after which the bus skidded off the edge of the > motorway, district police officer at Gudbrandsdal, Sigmund Kaapvik, said. > > The tourists were en route to the former Winter Olympic city Lillehammer, he > said. The injured woman was examined at the local hospital and the motorway > was briefly shut down. The moose, which was unharmed, was seen skipping away > into the forest, Kaapvik added. > > Of course, on the LUG we would > a) get off the bus. > b) use a telephoto lens > c) tell the moose to meet us in Solms. > > Jim Shulman > Bryn Mawr, PA