[Leica] #2 --- YOUR RE-ACTIONS TO THIS LEICA short story FOR THEBOOK?

[rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler)]

Wonderful! Just need to add the part about then taking your underwear off
to wipe the lens clean! ;-)
Fantastic story with, happily, the ability to live to tell it...
Best,
Bob

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Richard Man <richard at 
richardmanphoto.com>wrote:

> +1 TO STORY,
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net
> >wrote:
>
> > ;~))
> >
> > Jim Nichols
> > Tullahoma, TN USA
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 2:07 PM
> > Subject: [Leica] #2 --- YOUR RE-ACTIONS TO THIS LEICA short story FOR
> > THEBOOK?
> >
> >
> >
> >  Only two for today. :-) Your comments appreciated: Good, bad or ugly.
> >> Thank you Remember a proper editor will be editing the copy.
> >> ==========================
> >> Cold Water, Dry Camera
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Photographers do some dumb things in the pursuit of pictures; quite
> often
> >>
> >> not thinking of the consequences of their actions. One rarely, if ever,
> >> considers it might be fatal! It's always, " get the picture!" Or nearly
> so!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> It was a cold January day in Ottawa. Temperature 20 below zero,
> >>
> >> ice crystals in the air over the open water of the fast flowing
> >>
> >> river creating hoar frost on trees. It was magical as a photograph!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I tested the ice a couple of times by jumping up and down, not a very
> >> good move in the event you were on a weak spot, splash!  It appeared to
> be
> >> solid enough so I didn't give it another thought, being more intent on
> the
> >> picture possibilities.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Shooting as I made my way along the ice, I inadvertently moved farther
> >> toward the open river for a better angle of the sun and trees.  Suddenly
> >> there was a sharp crack and I dropped straight down and found myself
> >> standing on the river bottom up to my armpits. Instinctively I reached
> up
> >> to keep the camera dry and reached towards the ice still attached to
> shore.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Photographers are concerned about their gear first and body second or it
> >>
> >> appears that way.  Standing in the water wondering how the hell I was
> >>
> >> going to get out I made my first move.  Pulling my hat off, I put my
> >> camera
> >>
> >> in it and placed it on the ice in front of me, pushing the bundle as far
> >> as
> >>
> >> I could towards shore.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> It never fails, there are never other photographers around to photograph
> >> you,
> >>
> >> if nothing else assisting in your recovery.
> >>
> >> With some effort I managed to pull myself onto firmer ice and crawl to
> >>
> >> shore pushing my hat & camera ahead of me on the dry ice.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> By the time I reached my car, clothes, camera and I were beginning to
> >>
> >> freeze solid.  Shivering uncontrollably I managed to start the car and
> >> get the heater on.
> >>
> >> Then drove home for a hot shower and dry clothes.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I was extremely lucky in this case, sometimes getting the picture is the
> >> last
> >>
> >> thing a photographer ever did.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The saying, "My last pictures will be my best!" isn't always true.
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >>
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> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
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