[Leica] IMGs: Day Trip Ending on the Coast

[rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler)]

Thanks Jim. You're right, I felt less upset after finding those views.
Best,
Bob
 Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.rgaphoto.com




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From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sat, April 23, 2011 8:49:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGs: Day Trip Ending on the Coast

Bob,

Sorry about the roust by the authorities.  Numbers 3 and 4 would have made 
the 
trip worthwhile for me.  Very nice!!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at yahoo.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 9:37 PM
Subject: [Leica] IMGs: Day Trip Ending on the Coast


> Went out Friday just to practice and hoping to get some wildflowers in the 
> San
> Miguel hills. Woke up at 4am and left the house at 5. Then I drove south on
> Highway 101 for about 3 hours and headed east to look at what I thought 
> would 
>be
> hills covered in wildflowers. None, nada, zip...
> 
> So at about 10:30 I headed west to Fort Hunter Liggett, an old Army Reserve
> base. I've been shooting there the past 5 or 6 years with no problem. I'd 
> even
> gone off road following fresh tank tracks looking for venues. Steve 
> Barbour 
has
> a photo of mine, Bass Lake, that was taken while off roading on the base. 
> So
> I've been waiting for the oak fields to spring forth with wildflowers, I 
> knew
> this was my year! Sure enough, there were glorious patches that would make 
fine
> photographs.
> 
> So I parked on the side of the road, grabbed the Hassy and walked about 20 
>yards
> into the field. As I'm futzing and setting up the shot, I hear something 
> that 
I
> thought was a bull frog, as the filed was a bit mushy. I looked around for 
> the
> frog nearby and didn't see one, so I went back to my camera. Then louder, 
>"SIR!"
> and I turn around. Parked on the road was a Police car with a trooper, in 
> dark
> glasses of course, who then told me to come out of the field. Long story 
short,
> I was "detained" for about a half an hour at the main gate and told photos 
were
> never allowed at the fort. Rather than get in an argument with a heavily 
> armed
> man (who had 3 as heavily armed men standing nearby), I chatted him up and 
>asked
> if he know where, off base, there might be some wildflowers. The guy then
> proceeded to tell me every hill and dale within a 50 mile radius. Another 
> 20
> minutes has now passed.
> 
> I thank the gentleman very much, and just head down the to the coast. I was
> fuming. Really sapped the joy right out of the day. I'd been dreaming about
> those flowers in the filed with the mountains and puffy clouds for years 
> and
> finally the time had arrived. Not...
> So here are the pics from the day, and not many wild flowers. I did manage 
> to
> grab a shot of the scene I was trying to shoot before I was "disciplined."
> 
> Thanks for looking. C&C always appreciated,
> Bob
> 
> www.rgaphoto.com/2011-04-22-DayTrip
> Bob Adler
> Palo Alto, CA
> http://www.rgaphoto.com
> 
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