[Leica] IMGs: Day Trip Ending on the Coast

[richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)]

Uh oh... :-)



On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks Philippe. I am. Just wish I had more time.
> Also miss my M more than anticipated...
> Shoulda known :-(
> Best,
> Bob
>  Bob Adler
> Palo Alto, CA
> http://www.rgaphoto.com
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sat, April 30, 2011 10:17:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGs: Day Trip Ending on the Coast
>
> The spring is a treat to the eye Bob
> You seem to be enjoying the camera a lot :-)
>
> Amiti?s
> Philippe
>
> Le 24 avr. 11 ? 04:37, Bob Adler a ?crit :
>
> >
> > 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
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Leica Users Group.
> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
> >
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>



-- 
// richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/>
// icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/>
// photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com>
[ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous
replies in your msgs. ]