Re: [Leica] New use for a rear lens cap

[Harrison Mcclary <harrison@mcclary.net>]

once upon a time Mike Quinn wrote:

> I hadn't realized until now how I tend to keep images I've photographed in
> my head until I see them in the negatives. Now I understand. We make the
> prints to get the images out of our heads.
> 
> How am I going to get rid of these? Sigh.


Sorry Mike can't help you out there.  I have one image burned in my mind
like this.

Back when I was working news in Atlanta I was covering a rally held to show
support for the troops in the Gulf War.  I was shooting a straight Leica SLR
line with lenses from 19 to 250 and 2 R6's and 1 R4, no zooms so I had a lot
of weight on my shoulders.  Since the rally was outside I decided to leave
the Metz 36CT3/Quantum battery 1 in the car to keep down a little on the
weight.  Also it being a weekend I shot all chrome so I would not have to
mess with printing color when I got back to the paper.

The rally was huge and the people, all carrying American flags, decided to
march on CNN to show their displeasure in how they were covering the war.  I
followed along shooting film the whole way.

Once at CNN tower the people were trying to get into the building.  I went
around back and used the AP door, their offices are in the CNN building in
Atlanta.  Once inside I saw people trying to wedge the security guy out of
the way using American flags as pry bars.  I was the only photographer
inside.  Inside it was VERY dark, windows heavily tented and almost no
overhead light.  I NEEDED a flash.....saw some tourists with an old Vivitar
flash on camera was pulling out my wallet to try to rent the flash when the
security guy got the door shut.

I still see this missed image.  Probably the best I have seen and I was
there with a loaded camera but no way to shoot it.

Now I carry a flash all the time.
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Harrison McClary
http://www.mcclary.net