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Subject: [Leica] An invisible man in Chicago (at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and East Delaware Place)
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 17:01:01 +0530
References: <CAMkHw3byt69K=EJTdn51YMApyOFqKgwoZm5B3cYc64TzGE1LNw@mail.gmail.com> <DUB110-W779C2650A026EE6AD87D08DA80@phx.gbl>

The best tip is to come to India for street shooting - you can take
strangers and even their children without much trouble!
Cheers
Jayanand


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> 
wrote:

>  Very interesting pictures and story, Greg, tough question about our
> values and the way we organize our societies in a time of crisis. As
> concerns street photography, I haven't found so far a recipe for
> unobtrusive picture-taking, "le droit ? l'image" is something people don't
> fool with in this country and lawsuits might follow - mainly if the famous
> are concerned, though, but I wouldn't dare taking close-ups of complete
> strangers. I too would be very grateful for workable tips!
> JM
>
>
> Jean-Michel Mertz
> Strasbourg
>
>
> > Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 21:59:50 -0500
> > From: gcr910 at gmail.com
> > To: lug at leica-users.org
> > Subject: [Leica] An invisible man in Chicago (at the intersection of
> Michigan Avenue and East Delaware Place)
> >
> > Some iPhone grabs apres workout of an all-too common street scene.
> >
> > Three images, two photos (A & B are the same image, different croppings).
> > Facing west around 7 p.m. Most of the upper half was blown out. Some
> rescue
> > work done. Also brightness, contrast and a bit of sharpening. The URLs:
> >
> > -- A:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gcr910/The+Invisible+Man_001/Invisible+Man+A.jpg.html
> >
> > -- B:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gcr910/The+Invisible+Man_001/Invisible+Man+B.jpg.html
> >
> > -- C:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gcr910/The+Invisible+Man_001/Invisible+Man+C.jpg.html
> >
> > Got four shots before being noticed by the suits. One said stop. Another,
> > reaching for his wallet, offered $20 to delete the images. Remarkably, I
> > did not detonate. The monetary offer irritated me far beyond being told
> --
> > yes, told -- to stop; don't mind being asked nicely and generally respect
> > it. Twenty bucks, however . . .
> >
> > Did make a graphic-though-likely-physically-impossible suggestion about
> > what they should do, and recommended they go away. Fast. Am not a big
> guy,
> > but being reasonably tall sometimes has advantages.
> >
> > Bad behavior aside, please comment, critique or otherwise offer thoughts
> > about the images on- or off-list. Thank you in advance for  your input.
> >
> > Greg Rubenstein
> >
> > P.S. Maybe some time one of you street shooters out there can teach me
> how
> > to be unobtrusive or lend me your cloak of invisibility for a brief
> period.
> >
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In reply to: Message from gcr910 at gmail.com (Greg Rubenstein) ([Leica] An invisible man in Chicago (at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and East Delaware Place))
Message from j2m46 at hotmail.fr (Jean-Michel Mertz) ([Leica] An invisible man in Chicago (at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and East Delaware Place))