Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Woke up at 5:30am to try to grab a sunrise, I had pre-spotted a good swinging bench to shoot and got down to it at about 5:50am. Set up my tripod and camera just across the walking path pointed at the bench swing and was standing behind the camera making adjustments looking at the bench. So along comes a couple about my age, the guy looks me in the eye and sits down on the bench with their coffee and proceeds to sit waiting for the sunrise. From the straight look at me and then sitting on the bench which I was obviously taking a picture of, I figured it wasn't going to do much good to ask them to move. The sun had not risen yet; I figured I had about 10 minutes before the light became nice and soft just before sunrise. What to do? I really didn't want a confrontation as I hadn't had my coffee yet. So I figured, if this guy looked at me as if saying, "it's a free world and I can damn well sit where I want" it was also a free world for me to do what I wanted. I started whistling. I choose a nonsensical, made-up as I went along "tune" with highs and lows, random synchopation and, basically really annoying. It totally ruined a peaceful sunrise experience; not too loud, but irritating and constant. I was not going to stop. I just happily continued on whistling, pretending to adjust my camera, fiddle and basically avoid any eye contact what so ever. I could feel the irritation radiating from the bench. But I just kept on whistling... After about 10 minutes, They got up and stepped to the side of the bench. I immediately stopped whistling, waited a few seconds for a bit more glow and began taking photos. I never whistled another note and they did not venture into my field of view and after a few minutes left. I felt the guy wanted to come over and say something, but I think I had given him exactly what he had given me, so there really was no offensive (no pun intended) tact he could take. The sunrise wasn't all that great, but I really like the story! http://www.rgaphoto.com/Kauai/content/Sunrise1Pano_large.html Best, Whistlin' Bob -- Bob Adler