Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Or, to quote Bruce Davidson - "Be there when the conditions are right for you to be there." On 2/27/06 11:48 AM, "Aaron Sandler" <aaron.sandler@duke.edu> wrote: > I believe the saying goes something like: "Luck favors those who are > prepared." > > Personally, I think it takes a little of both. > > :) > > At 11:33 AM 2/27/2006, you wrote: >> It wasn't luck that you had the camera;^) >> >> Ric Carter >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies >> >> On Feb 27, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Aaron Sandler wrote: >> >>> Not a sock, Ric. I use Leica corn starch, which, as you should >>> know, comes in a nice red velvet sack. :) >>> >>> Actually, the particles in the air seemed to be left over from a >>> recent burning of incense, like they do in churches sometimes. I >>> was strolling around the chapel, baby strapped to my waist, when I >>> saw an open door leading to a flight of stairs...there was no "do >>> not enter" or "private" sign, so I walked through the door and was >>> immediately hit with a *very* strong smell of incense. I almost >>> turned back, but somehow thought the smell might be less intense >>> downstairs (it was), so I kept going down. I went back at the same >>> time of day on another sunny day a couple of days later with a >>> pinhole matchbox camera to try the same shot, but there was no >>> incense, particles, or streams of light that second day. Guess I >>> got lucky the first time! :) >>> >>> Best, >>> Aaron >>> >>> >>> Ric Carter wrote: >>>> Aaron keeps a sock filled with corn starch in his camera bag for >>>> those times he finds himself in catacombs and in need of light >>>> streamers;^) >>>> >>>> I took some pictures down there about 30-35 years ago on my first >>>> "real" camera, a Yashica-Mat (pre-124). I must try to drum them up. >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>>> http://www.sandlerphotographs.com/paw/2006_08/index.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information