[Leica] Cable Car

[rbaron at concentric.net (Robert D. Baron)]

To all who commented on http://www.bobbaron.com/CableCar.html , thanks 
very much.

Ted, I did try to put into use what I've learned from you at the 
Seminars and here on the LUG, namely, to try to look at an ordinary 
scene in a slightly different way.

I was only in San Francisco proper for about 48 hours (in mid August) 
and most of that time was spent 'working', but when I could get away for 
a while I roamed around with several ideas in mind and this was one of 
them.  I shot maybe 30-40 frames of cable cars at various (mostly slow) 
  shutter speeds at different locations during different times of the 
day; I tried a lot of different panning motions and I used a Tom A. 
RapidWinder, which I generally prefer over a Leica Motor Drive on an M. 
  As you say it was not until the film was processed that I had any idea 
what I was really getting.....and this is the shot I like best.

San Francisco is such a photogenic place.....you who are going to the 
LHSA meeting there next month should take lots of film.  I'll try to 
post a few more photos soon that maybe will give you all some more ideas 
of good locations and shots.

And thanks again for the 'well done'.  That means a lot to me.

:-)

--Bob