Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/09

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Subject: RE: [Leica] tripod
From: George Berger <gberger@his.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 14:23:55 -0500

At 1:57 PM -0500 1/9/00, Jonathan Borden wrote:

>Shooting a rifle is different. Your body only needs to be still for the
>split second the rifle is fired. You can fire between heartbeats. During an
>inhale there is negative pressure in the thoracic cavity expanding the veins
>which drain blood into the heart and hence increasing blood flow. When you
>'bear down' the opposite happens.

>snip

>  A shot of Lagavulin orally administered a few minutes before the
>camera shot can help. With practice you learn to imagine the aroma and a
>similar effect occurs.

Jonathan -

We were taught to exhale, then "catch" your breathing by closing the 
throat. This gives a significant decrease in body fluctuations over 
the "take a breath and hold it" approach.

Lagavulin *or* Talisker should be the whisky of choice < grin >.

George


George Berger
gberger@his.com