Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The pic is a bit too processed for my taste, but the expression and composition are impeccable...as is your writing below. Makes me worry about Omar too. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Aug 5, 2010, at 7:41 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/omar-iphone-3a.jpg > > "Hey," said Omar, skipping down the street waving a screwdriver, "Hey! > Kyle! Let me introduce you to someone." He grabbed me by the arm and lead > me across the street to a porch. "You two should meet one another," he > said, "you're both OBSESSED with me." A smiling 30something man, balding > with thin glasses introduced himself as Greg. "You lost the glasses I gave > you," he said to Omar. "I know I have lost them," Omar retorts, waving the > screwdriver, "I lead a life of ADVENTURE. Kyle takes pictures of me." > > Indeed, I had my tiny iLeica in my pocket, small, and quiet, not like the > huge digital SLR's that do everything but carry home the Pulitzer for you. > The iLeica forces you to _think_. You can't just blaze away. You bring > back one or two or three photos. Not two hundred. > > Omar deflated here for a moment, a brief one. I brought the camera up and > took a photo. As if pushed suddenly, Omar jumped and ran into the street - > he started waving at cars, doing some sort of dance, then picked up a > stick and broke it in half waving the two ends like a ramp agent guiding > 747's into the gate. "Hey!" he'd shout at the cars, waving the sticks back > and forth, "hey! PAY ATTENTION!" > > The week earlier I'd seen him standing outside of the local coffee shop > with a deck of cards, methodically flinging queens and jacks and diamonds > at two patrons on the other side of the glass. Things catch his eye, he > follows them, then he moves on. > > "Sometimes I don't see Omar on my morning jaunt," says Greg, "and I worry > about him." > > "Me too," I said. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >