David, Very enjoyable and an example as to why I decided to pursue BW with film. What film were you using and at what speed? Thanks, Kevin On Apr 17, 2010, at 6:23 PM, David Simms wrote: > Hello listers; > I lived in Kamloops, BC for about 20 years. For about 10 of those, i had > ready access to the kamloops grassland, nearly in the middle of the city. I > used to walk my dogs there twice a day and I always had a camera with me. > On this June morning, the angle of the Sun was right -it isn't most of the > time- and the sun was peeking in and out of the clouds. I had my R6 and 90mm > elmarit mounted on a tripod and I waited. For a very few seconds, the sun > peeked out and danced on the grassland. I took the shot, naturally, but so > fleeting was the moment that I got just one frame. That's it ! One frame. > Then, the sun hopped back behind the clouds and the day resumed its dreary > state without any more of the magic that it had just revealed. Of course, the > day was probably full of magic but i failed to pick up on it. > HCB's "decisive moment" applies to more than the ebb and flow of urban life. > Nature has her decisive moments and they are brief. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DAVID+SIMMS/kamloops/sundance2.jpg.html > > David Simms, Clearwater, BC > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/