Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Geoff, That is one fine photograph! Great tonal range, very difficult to do with clouds and smaller format in my experience. I presume you used ACR - what were your conversion settings like? Regarding the rail employee, what we do around here is just beat the crap out of people like that, and then the others will leave you alone. Let me know how that works for you, will you? Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Hopkinson > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:53 AM > To: 'Leica Users Group' > Subject: [Leica] IMG: the episode in which Hoppy becomes a criminal > > Folks, some more pictures and a tale. While waiting to collect my child > from > school I walked along a footpath adjacent to a railway station > photographing > some clouds over the wire fence surrounding the property. I crossed > through > the station walkway (open to all), shot some more from the opposite > footpath > then walked back through the public access to exit. I stopped and made a > single photograph of the clouds since there were less poles in the way. > Within 60 secs a rail employee moved quickly to me and told me that > photography was forbidden. I was completely surprised by this patent > foolishness. However, I explained that I was taking a picture of the > beautiful clouds. To no avail! Sir, all photography is forbidden on our > property. It is against the law! > > This is a public thoroughfare, a school on one side , shops the other and > the actual station platforms below. I would say several thousand people > per > week use it. Heaven forbid that any of them might have evil camera-phones > for clandestine pictures of the dirty tiles and rubbish bins or other > national security assets sited there. Not seeking any confrontation I left > this worthy and fearless guardian of freedom to his patrol and agreed to > follow his ridiculous directive. Tonight I have actually located the > department's policy explicitly permitting me to use my camera there as an > amateur and within limits and naturally requiring that I follow sensible > guidelines, not flashing the drivers etc. Yet it also tells me that I must > obey every directive from their employees or they may detain me for arrest > by a policeman. Even worse, should you have permission under their own > policy to take photos within their property, it is VERBOTEN to post any > pictures on the internet in case terrorists look at them. I'm not making > this up. What unbelievable nonsense. So there it is. This foolishness so > incensed me that I fell compelled to share the product of my blatant and > appalling offence with you here. I shall burn in hell, then for these > links. > To compound my offence, these were taken with a fast fifty AT f 5.6!! > > > > <http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/96037500> > > <http://tinyurl.com/6fhkou> > > > > Oh and thank heavens this defender of national security did not detect the > photo of the scene of the crime, else I might still be handcuffed or left > beaten next to their Coke machine. Sssh, there's a Senorita! But you can > clearly see the location of their coke machine which every extremist > maniac > will be sure to pinpoint for a suicide bombing. > > <http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/96037503> > > http://tinyurl.com/6r2pc8 > > > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > <http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/> http://gallery.leica- > users.org/v/gh/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information