[Leica] IMG: Whistler's Sunrise

[rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler)]

Indeed it is wonderful when it all comes together.

On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Jon Streeter <jon.streeter at cox.net> wrote:

> For example:
>
> I was in Iowa visiting the old family farm, crested a hill and thought the
> vista was so beautiful, I just had to stop and photograph it.  Parked at
> roadside, got out, picked the 35mm lens (a Nikon, probably thinking how
> much better the image would be with the M3 I'd sold to buy the fancy Nikon
> with its little color television set inside for a viewfinder and its nifty
> way of turning into a telescope with long lenses), and just as I was about
> to press the shutter release, a countrified gal in a rusty, battered pickup
> -- both apparently from central casting -- pulled off a side road and
> proceeded right into the lonely country road winding through open fields,
> meadows, and green, green trees,  which I had visualized as totally
> peaceful, rustic, unruffled by the presence of humanity, and parked right
> in the middle of the shot, got out, and walked off into the fields and
> woods never to return, perhaps reabsorbed into an alternate reality to
> wreak havoc with a photographer in a parallel universe, that being her
> reason for being, her mission here accomplished.  There were no other cars
> on the road.  None. Just her, and she came along at just the right time and
> place to ruin the shot.  What are the chances?
>
> Another time, this time in Pasadena, I noticed the brick fa?ade of a
> storefront, sidelit from the afternoon sun, a transitory effect, passing
> into history as I watched.  I whipped out my Leica, took a light reading (I
> am NOT good at judging settings without a meter, sorry, purists),
> focused...and just at that moment, a car coasted to a stop right in the
> middle of the scene.  They weren't parked, exactly, just stopped for no
> apparent reason.  I crossed the street and, conscious of the fading light,
> asked them how long they might be.  They had no idea because their engine
> had just quit, and they were waiting for a tow truck.  I mean, really, what
> are the chances?
>
> I should, of course, give credit to this interactive universe we're in for
> the lucky accidents that have given me gifts of photographs I really like,
> those photographs when lights, camera, and action converged into one
> ultimate, unrepeatable instant.  Thank you, universe, for your gifts...and
> your really, really annoying sense of humor.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 6:56 AM
> To: lug at leica-users.org
>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Whistler's Sunrise
>
> jon streeter wrote:
>
>
>>>>  This could be part of an entertaining thread:  beautiful photographs
> sabotaged by interlopers.  A couple mine occurred to me immediately.
> <<<
>
> Likewise...
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
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Bob Adler