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Subject: [Leica] S2 on a horseback safari in Africa CRAP!!!!!!!!!!
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:45:14 -0700
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Subject: Re: [Leica] S2 on a horseback safari in Africa CRAP!!!!!!!!!!


> Have you SEEN where this guy has been working, from Botswana to the top of
> K2! Even upside down in airplanes and at stampedes in Calgary. Sounds like 
> a
> lost brother of Dr Ted!<<<<<

Well he and I are two for two! I've done the Calgary Stampede a half dozen 
times and in a plane up side down once. So that makes us even. ;-) I always 
wondered where my lost brother went? ;-)

cheers,
ted
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
>
> *Life's not black and white, except at both ends*
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
>
> On 24 June 2011 13:20, Montie Talbert <montoid at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Might be a good photog, but the question about the ad still remains,
>>
>> "WHERE"S THE BEEF"
>>
>> Montie
>>
>>
>> >>Chill dudes! the clip is just a bit of advertising/image fluff. Looks
>> like a
>> pretty exciting adventure to me and maybe a reasonable example of the
>> durability of the hardware in harsh conditions. I've seen them run under
>> taps as well.
>> But yes I think he is a serious photographer that knows what he is doing
>>  http://www.wagnerphoto.de/
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>>
>> *Life's not black and white, except at both ends*
>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>>
>>
>>
>> On 24 June 2011 13:09, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Ted Grant wrote:
>> >
>> > >Has anyone seen the actual photographs this fellow shot as we see him
>> > >galloping along on horse back? Doing a one handed shoot? Like give me 
>> > >a
>> > >break!
>> > >
>> > >Like even a single frame in an advertisement?
>> > >
>> > >Jeeeeeeesssh when I see this type of, pardon me but, BULL SH....T
>> > >advertising riding as he is, I want to see sharp crisp unshook
>> photographs
>> > >in perfect composition. Not a bunch... just one!
>> >
>> > Seconded.  All we see is the dude brandishing the camera.  No question
>> the
>> > camera can handle the dust & such, and it can be used one-handed, but 
>> > I'd
>> > like to see some results before I consider this activity a success.
>> >
>> > Doug Herr
>> > Birdman of Sacramento
>> > http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from montoid at earthlink.net (Montie Talbert) ([Leica] S2 on a horseback safari in Africa CRAP!!!!!!!!!!)
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