Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Hipshot project
From: Johnny Deadman <lists@johnbrownlow.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 20:37:27 -0500

well remembered, Gilbert. That was absolutely hipshot. In fact you can  
see my reflection in the window. I was stunned when I saw the halo  
around the woman's head.

JB

On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 07:57  PM, J. Gilbert Plantinga wrote:

> Well said. Hipshooting is certainly not random, but can be most  
> serendipitous:
>
> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/portfolios/humantraffic/edits/hard/pages/ 
> 014.html
>
> Not a bad shot as I imagine (the fantasy is my right) it was  
> originally conceived, three figures, something going on. I wouldn't  
> pass it up, and if there wasn't time to bend down and look through the  
> finder (raising the camera would completely change the drawing), I'd  
> grab it. And then one looks at the negative the next day and sees that  
> light that only the camera had seen at first, and WOW!
>
> But I'm not about to put gaffer's tape over my viewfinder :)

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