Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've tried noisily snapping away with Leicas. I couldn't get it to work. Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone ----- Reply message ----- From: "Don Dory" <don.dory at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Whistler's Sunrise Date: Sun, Nov 11, 2012 2:30 pm I'm with Tina, change the image to a couple at sunrise. Start noisily snapping away. A good image if they stay and a good image if they leave.. On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**-------- > > mail2web.com - Microsoft? Exchange solutions from a leading provider - > > http://link.mail2web.com/**Business/Exchange< > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange> > > > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for more information > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for more information > > > > > > -- > Bob Adler > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory at gmail.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information