[Leica] IMGs: Day Trip Ending on the Coast

[rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler)]

No guts no, errrrr
photo?
:-)

I think tilt helped make the background less OOF. It really worked well on 
#2.
Glad you made it to the Mission. I have a couple of shots I like from there. 
I've seen some very nice HDR images inside the chapel.
Bob
 Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.rgaphoto.com




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From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com>
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sat, April 23, 2011 7:56:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGs: Day Trip Ending on the Coast

Bwahaha, I have to say the drive on Rt 1 from Cambria to Naciemiento Rd to
Fort Hunter Liggett was one of the most "exciting" drives I have done.

We were law abiding citizens - we just drove slower and took pictures of the
tank and target practice houses through the window. My wife is not into
"breaking law" stuff (several years ago, we gave ourselves a self-guided
tour to Drawbridge and I think that'd be as far as she would go)

The Mission that you mentioned provided some good photo opportunities
(thanks!) but haven't really caught up yet.

#3 is lovely.

I remember those scenes well!!

So how useful is the tilt-shift of the Flexbody come into play for shots
like these?

Thanks again for your photos and earlier recommendation,

On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Went out Friday just to practice and hoping to get some wildflowers in the
> San
> Miguel hills. Woke up at 4am and left the house at 5. Then I drove south on
> Highway 101 for about 3 hours and headed east to look at what I thought
> would be
> hills covered in wildflowers. None, nada, zip...
>
> So at about 10:30 I headed west to Fort Hunter Liggett, an old Army Reserve
> base. I've been shooting there the past 5 or 6 years with no problem. I'd
> even
> gone off road following fresh tank tracks looking for venues. Steve Barbour
> has
> a photo of mine, Bass Lake, that was taken while off roading on the base.
> So
> I've been waiting for the oak fields to spring forth with wildflowers, I
> knew
> this was my year! Sure enough, there were glorious patches that would make
> fine
> photographs.
>
> So I parked on the side of the road, grabbed the Hassy and walked about 20
> yards
> into the field. As I'm futzing and setting up the shot, I hear something
> that I
> thought was a bull frog, as the filed was a bit mushy. I looked around for
> the
> frog nearby and didn't see one, so I went back to my camera. Then louder,
> "SIR!"
> and I turn around. Parked on the road was a Police car with a trooper, in
> dark
> glasses of course, who then told me to come out of the field. Long story
> short,
> I was "detained" for about a half an hour at the main gate and told photos
> were
> never allowed at the fort. Rather than get in an argument with a heavily
> armed
> man (who had 3 as heavily armed men standing nearby), I chatted him up and
> asked
> if he know where, off base, there might be some wildflowers. The guy then
> proceeded to tell me every hill and dale within a 50 mile radius. Another
> 20
> minutes has now passed.
>
> I thank the gentleman very much, and just head down the to the coast. I was
> fuming. Really sapped the joy right out of the day. I'd been dreaming about
> those flowers in the filed with the mountains and puffy clouds for years
> and
> finally the time had arrived. Not...
> So here are the pics from the day, and not many wild flowers. I did manage
> to
> grab a shot of the scene I was trying to shoot before I was "disciplined."
>
> Thanks for looking. C&C always appreciated,
> Bob
>
> www.rgaphoto.com/2011-04-22-DayTrip
>  Bob Adler
> Palo Alto, CA
> http://www.rgaphoto.com
>
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