Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted: Even though it looks like I was in the water when I took the picture, this was an area with a little cove. I was about four feet from the water in front of me and about twenty feet from the water to my right, coming from the ocean. I was still a little wary of putting my back to it. I wasn't worrying about a rogue wave washing me in, but a rogue wave hitting the rocks to my right and splashing up into the air to soak me and my camera. I learned another thing in this shoot. It was about -3 celcius and blowing twenty to thirty knots, or about 50 kph. I put my back to the wind and waves to change from the 35mm Summicron to the 24mm Elmarit. With my cold hands and fleece gloves, I darn near dropped the Summicron. Some of the M lenses are just too small to grip reliably with cold gloved hands. http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/PAW2002/wk10.htm Regards, Robert At 01:50 PM 3/12/2002 -0800, Ted Grant wrote: >Although some of you may have read this post elsewhere I feel it's worth >posting again if only for the safety of LUG members not aware that such >things exist by the seaside when all they're thinking about is... pretty >Leica pictures! >============================== > >gentlemen and gentlewomen, >A word of caution! > >A side note for the folks who do not live by the sea and don't know until >they're in the water and wondering if they'll see dry land again. Or, "Where >the hell is my Leica?" > >Robert's shot of Peggy's Cove is a fine photo given the danger that lurks >nearby when you do not understand the ways of the sea. In the photo it looks >peaceful and serene, beautiful conditions, right? Beautiful photograph. > >Well out there in that vast ocean are "rogue waves" just looking for, well >OK not quite, but people standing nearby on the rocks or shore completely >unaware they are about to be picked up and swept away in the blink of a >shutter! > >It's prudent when shooting by the ocean anytime to keep an eye at what's >going on towards the water, even more so, if the sea is running high. You >know those beauty waves that look wonderful as you capture them exploding on >the rocky crags. > >There are stories of deep inland holidaying folks at the seaside enjoying a >wonderful look and picture taking at Peggy's Cove or like looking locations >when .... Sploosh!!!! They are in the sea struggling for their lives. > >So take care out there my friends when you think it's just another pretty >lighthouse for your Leica to record. Let's not be reading any obit's here. >ted > >Ted Grant Photography Limited >www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html