Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Some iPhone grabs apres workout of an all-too common street scene. Three images, two photos (A & B are the same image, different croppings). Facing west around 7 p.m. Most of the upper half was blown out. Some rescue work done. Also brightness, contrast and a bit of sharpening. The URLs: -- A: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gcr910/The+Invisible+Man_001/Invisible+Man+A.jpg.html -- B: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gcr910/The+Invisible+Man_001/Invisible+Man+B.jpg.html -- C: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gcr910/The+Invisible+Man_001/Invisible+Man+C.jpg.html Got four shots before being noticed by the suits. One said stop. Another, reaching for his wallet, offered $20 to delete the images. Remarkably, I did not detonate. The monetary offer irritated me far beyond being told -- yes, told -- to stop; don't mind being asked nicely and generally respect it. Twenty bucks, however . . . Did make a graphic-though-likely-physically-impossible suggestion about what they should do, and recommended they go away. Fast. Am not a big guy, but being reasonably tall sometimes has advantages. Bad behavior aside, please comment, critique or otherwise offer thoughts about the images on- or off-list. Thank you in advance for your input. Greg Rubenstein P.S. Maybe some time one of you street shooters out there can teach me how to be unobtrusive or lend me your cloak of invisibility for a brief period.