[Leica] AVAILABLE LIGHT @ NIGHT TAXI CRASH... FUN STUFF. :-)

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Dr_+Ted+Grant/

Hi crew,
A few interesting out of the mouths of the innocent! :-) Have a look and 
smile.

Early evening, dark, only street lights and passing car lights, residential 
area.

My 20 year old grandson Scott, better known as "WINK" rushed in the house... 
"hey there's a crash at the corner, cop cars and wrecked cars. G'pa where's 
your camera?"  His own camera a Canon T2i ? is in the trunk of his car.

Grabs my M8 set @ ISO 160! 21mm C/V lens and out the door. This is a dark 
night obviously no flash because "G'pa" doesn't own one. :-) Several minutes 
later he's back with some frames.... Oh yeah all hand held!

Me: "Wink did you change the ISO it was only set at 160! Did you get 
anything?"

WINK: " Oh yeah, the crashed front end of the taxi, a few close-ups of the 
Cop in his cruiser."

ME: "What shutter speed were you shooting at?"

WINK: " I don't know, I was watching the light of the passing cars as they 
lit the scene and was shooting when everything lit up!"

ME: " Did you get anything with that little amount of light at ISO 160?"

WINK: "Oh yeah sure because you've always said.... READY GUYS? :-) " If you 
can see it . You can shoot it!" :-) I smiled, this kid is going to be a good 
one! :-)

ME: "What  shutter speed? "

WINK: "Some at 1/2 second. hand held!"

ME: " WINK you can't get good pictures hand held at a 1/2 second let's 
look."

WINK:  " Nobody told me you couldn't do that, so I just did it & shot!"  :-)

OK folks have a look as it's not bad at night by  a neophyte without 
experience. And several others like it all at slow speeds.

A smiling G'pa :-)
He has been shooting for several months B&W with an M6 so he does know how 
to handle the camera. Accept nobody told him you really shouldn't shoot at 
1/2 second until you've got lots of experience and even then? "YOU'RE LIVING 
DANGEROUSLY!"

He is attending the local photojournalism college for photography and 
writing .
cheers,
Dr. ted  :-)