Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Probably true, Didier, probably true. Because I can't think of any time I've had such a clean, clear plane window to shoot out of. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Didier Ludwig Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 4:10 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] A quick - non-visual and painful reminder why Ishould always carry a camera. Dont worry about that, B.D. - following Murphy's law, with a camera in your bag the sky would have been cloudy and the window scratched, and the girls would have taken an earlier train. :-) Didier >Coming back Friday evening I had a window seat in the rear of the plane >and just at sundown missed one of the best 'wing shots' I've seen in >many a year - and I even had a clean, reflection-free window through >which to shoot. Sky and clouds an unearthly pink going to violet; last >of the sunlight turning the protrusions beneath the wings to pure gold; >wing lights sharp and well defined; leading edge of the wing a pure >black, thin band. And no camera. Okay, the photo would have been a >clich?, but it might have been a good clich?. :-) > >As if that wasn't bad enough, while taking the subway home from the >airport, while I was waiting to switch trains I was surrounded by a >gaggle of young girls - mid-teens, laughing and chattering away, and >about two-thirds of them were wearing either gold or silver paper >tiaras spelling out the words Happy Birthday. It could have been a >killer b&w shot...But no camera. > >Back or no back, I have learned my lesson. :-( _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information