[LRflex] Re: Kamloops sundance
- From: David Simms <simmszee@xxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:38:02 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks. I guess that obtaining successful photographs is a bit like fishing.
The fish need to cooperate but, the fisherman has to have his line in the water
or he won't pick up those "gifts".
Dave
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From: Walter Kramer <walter.kramer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, April 17, 2010 2:04:26 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Kamloops sundance
Very nice.
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
>
>
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