Kenneth,
You know, after I had written that post I looked back and saw the one
thread that ran through it, I came to the same conclusion :-)
Still wondering if I will ever get an incentive ride in a fighter,
César
Panama City, Florida
Kenneth Waller wrote:
Cesar, it sounds to me like there is a morale to your story,,,,
Like stay out of helicopters.
Kenneth Waller
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From: "Cesar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: Survey: Your Most Unusual Shot
Marnie,
This has made me think a bit. I think of myself as a
'normal/plain/snapshot' photographer, nothing out of the ordinary. I
have taken abstract shots galore but not anything I would consider
unusual. I give the below without images since I really do not have the
time to find and then scan them...
Talking about subject - and this has to take into account the norm,
because what I may think to be normal would not be for others (Christian
comes to mind if he uses the photo I am thinking of ;-P)...
I think the most unusual subject I have shot would be some of the
skeletons/burials while working on some archaeological sites in northern
Belize. But for me, it is just another day at 'the office'.
Talking about location or situation, let me think on this -
1) I was sitting in a UH-1 with the doors open as we did a 'map of the
earth' return to our base in southern Honduras. The others hesitated
when the pilot asked if we wanted to do it, so I chimed in and said
yes! Nothing spectacular in terms of photos but it was the situation.
2) The first helicopter ride I ever took (in a Bell - the same type
used in the tv show 'Magnum P.I.') was in support of some radar
testing. We were over the Abermarle Sound in N. Carolina - I got some
great shots. One of them sits on one of my speakers in the living
room. It was when the pilot said 'oh, oh' as the helicopter shuddered,
and then again, that I began to wonder. To keep a long story short; it
was winter and we would not have lasted long in the water. We headed to
land and as we were getting ready to land in a field, the engine cut out
and we autorotated to the ground safely. This field ended up being just
two miles away from where a future girlfriend lived! Shortly, a local
newspaper reporter came out to greet us as we awaited our ride 'home'.
3)Another helicopter ride -is there a theme here?- along the
Honduras/Nicaragua border during the time of the Contras. I was
shooting away with the doors open in another UH-1 knowing full well that
I could not reveal where those shots were taken, when I heard the pilot
say 'oh, oh' [is that a standard for pilots?]. It seems we were in
Nicaraguan airspace and they would have been in the right to shoot us
down!
Everything else has been mundane in terms of location and subject - as
far as I can recall at the moment...
I hope this adds positively to the thread,
César
Panama City, Florida
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Okay, I am kind of tired of the large print discussion (and thank goddess
the
political thread has died), so LET'S DO A SURVEY!!!
Also, it might provide me with some inspiration since I am sort of
uninspired
photography-wise these days.
I do realize I still owe people the results of the exposure survey and
I've
got it around here somewhere, but I have to get a new cartridge for my
laser
printer so I can print out all the answers so I can tally them. But I
will do
that, I promise. Maybe when this survey is done.
Well, this isn't so much a survey, actually, as just a sharing thing.
Because
I don't imagine that that many answers will be the same. But if they are,
I
will tally them. :-)
I hope people like it and want to participate. It's sort of like where is
the
weirdest place you have ever done it...
Q. What is the most unusual subject matter you have ever shot? The most
unique? Or the weirdest? Or simply the subject matter that you have had
the hardest
time "capturing" (either because it was hard to get to, or timing, or
movement, or whatever)?
Please expound.
A.
TIA, Marnie aka Doe
