Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mike and other "yanks", I cannot believe there is no railing around the edge of that place: surely a popular jumping off point, and the edges do not look stable to me, especially to the left of centre. I tramped all around the area but as Mike says, there are not too many real options beyond this image, though most people seem to take the shot a little to the left of where I dangled ;-) Cheers On Wednesday, Jun 11, 2003, at 06:09 Australia/Melbourne, Michael Chmilar wrote: > bdcolen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> said: > >> Okay, so after you've risked your life, what do you have? ;-) > > Pretty much the same result that Alastair (and thousands of > others) got. Only bigger! Cuz it's 4x5! > > You can walk up and down the rim as much as you want. There > is only one shot. > > Actually, the spot is not that scary. The worst is when the > wind is blowing up the face of the drop, in gusts. > > And, consider this: if you are hand-holding an SLR with an > ultra-wide lens, you might be tempted, while still looking > through the viewfinder, to take "one little step closer" - > over the edge! At least with a tripod, that risk is reduced. > > Oh yeah, don't forget about the evil, mythical creature that > hides under the drop, waiting for you to lean over, so it > can reach up, grab your belt (or collar), and pull you over. > > later, > Mike > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > Alastair - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html