Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Must be bankers! After all, their (proven) mantra is that Money Buys Everything! Cheers Jayanand On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Greg Rubenstein <gcr910 at gmail.com> wrote: > Some iPhone grabs apres workout of an all-too common street scene. > > Three images, two photos (A & B are the same image, different croppings). > Facing west around 7 p.m. Most of the upper half was blown out. Some rescue > work done. Also brightness, contrast and a bit of sharpening. The URLs: > > -- A: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gcr910/The+Invisible+Man_001/Invisible+Man+A.jpg.html > > -- B: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gcr910/The+Invisible+Man_001/Invisible+Man+B.jpg.html > > -- C: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gcr910/The+Invisible+Man_001/Invisible+Man+C.jpg.html > > Got four shots before being noticed by the suits. One said stop. Another, > reaching for his wallet, offered $20 to delete the images. Remarkably, I > did not detonate. The monetary offer irritated me far beyond being told -- > yes, told -- to stop; don't mind being asked nicely and generally respect > it. Twenty bucks, however . . . > > Did make a graphic-though-likely-physically-impossible suggestion about > what they should do, and recommended they go away. Fast. Am not a big guy, > but being reasonably tall sometimes has advantages. > > Bad behavior aside, please comment, critique or otherwise offer thoughts > about the images on- or off-list. Thank you in advance for your input. > > Greg Rubenstein > > P.S. Maybe some time one of you street shooters out there can teach me how > to be unobtrusive or lend me your cloak of invisibility for a brief period. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >