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Subject: [Leica] AVAILABLE LIGHT @ NIGHT TAXI CRASH... FUN STUFF. :-)
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:28:54 -0400
References: <001001cba864$ae0cc6e0$0a2654a0$@co.nz> <47BD0E6157344DBDA269153A7C58A642@syneticfeba505>

Well done him indeed, and Happy 2011 to the whole Grant clan!

Cheers,
Nathan

On 30 Dec, 2010, at 19:04 , <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> 
wrote:

> 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  :-)
> 
> 
> 
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Nathan Wajsman
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In reply to: Message from john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] FF (last of the foxgloves))
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca) ([Leica] AVAILABLE LIGHT @ NIGHT TAXI CRASH... FUN STUFF. :-))