Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ---------- >From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Human Traffic >Date: Thu, Apr 27, 2000, 2:35 PM > > Johnny Deadman wrote: >><Snip> >> If there actually is something there it's even better but it is not >> necessary for this trick to work. The subject will automatically look behind >> them to see what you were actually shooting. To add to the illusion, you can >> look all around you and frame some other stuff up as if searching for >> another shot... all the time completely ignoring your main subject, who by >> now will be annoyed that you do not find him/her as interesting as everyone >> else. Now you return to your non-existent tree, check it out once more, and >> put the camera back to your eye. >><Snip> > > > I did that with a deer last May. > It was happy when it thought I was mainly interested in "shooting" other things... > and went on munching. > Mark Rabiner > Yeah! Well big deal! I did that last winter while sitting on a beach in Key West with a topless babe a few feet away. Steve Annapolis