Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Geoff- you sound like you were frazzled and almost out of control. You need your wife back! But- you survived and got a great cloud study. Best, Stasys On Oct 21, 2008, at 4:10 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Folks today I have coined a new genre, the casual cloudscape. > Some may find entertainment in the story of the photo. > OK, currently I am running our household solo, an occupation for which > I am > eminently unsuited. My wife is somewhere in the wilds of Colorado or > at > least a bar in Denver. > I picture her sipping a good Sauvignon Blanc while admiring the > Rockies. > Meanwhile I am juggling and crisis managing two children and two Border > Terriers (aka velociraptors). > Having managed to facilitate cleaning up velociraptor poop and the > bones of > their last meal (aka the TV remote control foolishly left only 2 metres > above the floor), then homework, dinner and school lunch preparation, I > dashed out to the garage to ferry number one child to her Karate class > while > preparing to collect number two from his own class. We've had a storm > and it > is late sunset. I exit the garage and am gob-smacked by the light. > RATS! I should have my camera with me! > I have to post pictures! someone will eventually comment, my last two > picture posts were apparently invisible! > Wait a minute! It's right there in the car, I DO have it with me! > No time, no time, hang on, are you kidding me, look at the light! > Out with the M8. Try not to slip down the wet, steep driveway. > What lens have I got on? I was shooting with the 75 before? I can make > that > work. > ISO, OK 320 will work, focus to infinity, aperture F11, let's rock, > Look at that, a V of ibis are flying into frame, Woohoo! > why won't the button push! > What does flashing frame counter mean, the battery had at least half > charge > this morning! > Look at LCD - Bottom cover missing AAAAGH! > guess I missed engaging that properly when I took it off before to > copy new > portrait stuff! > Ibis fly gracefully into the distance while I remove the half case and > refit > the bottom cover properly. > The last ibis is laughing! > Cover on, compose carefully, dang that frame for the 75 is hard to > identify, > come BACK you miserable ibis, I can channel Doug Herr and pretend to > be a > competent wildlife photographer! > hmm, shoot four frames, let's try a little wider lens, my 28 is in > Solms, > put on the 35. > Hang on! that was my 50! Hmm well those were carefully composed-not! > All right, light is fading, put on the 35, no time to reset lens > detection > (this one aint 6 bit!), I'll fix it in Photoshop if it is a problem! > OK clock is ticking, light is fading, time for a couple more frames. > Aah, continue panic mode and get home for good Belgian beer and import > new > photos in brand new PS CS4. This software is way cool! > Oh wait I have lost all of the careful configuration and plug-ins in > previous version! > Never mind, drink beer and post image for LUG friends. > Here it is > > <http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/104850521> > <http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/104850521> > http://tinyurl.com/5glx65 > Comments, critiques and scriptwriters welcome! > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >