Sounds like you needed video for this one :-) I have tons of missed shots stories -- some because I wasn't carrying the camera, some because I wasn't fast enough, had the wrong lens, ran out of film, batteries died, etc... or whoever was driving the car I was in wouldn't stop. Lots more missed shtos than got shots over the years - or maybe it just seems that way. IF I think of a particularly cute story I'll send it a long down the line
ann Christine Aguila wrote: >I suspect that the talent on this list misses very few shots, but in the off >chance there are some funny stories about missed shots, I'd be very >interested in reading them--if you are interested in sharing them. I've >even got a story of my own: > > >While walking down Clark street in Chicago in the early 80s , I spied a big, >burly doorman, who was the size of a small building and had the arms and >hands of a stone mason, leading a skinny, pimply faced teenager by the >collar out of a very dingy bar. > > > > > >Outside the bar in broad daylight, the doorman began to give the kid a good >verbal thrashing all the while wagging his finger under the kid's nose. >Finally the doorman's index finger came to a full stop, and in the next >nano-second the teenager seized the moment and chomped on it-and tenaciously >hung on as the doorman yelled and desperately tried to shake the kid off. >The two spun about for awhile in front of the bar, whirling round & round >till the kid picked his moment, let go, and made a run for it. > > > >And I missed all of it. I didn't get one shot off-I was so engrossed >watching the drama I completely forgot to reach for my camera, which was >slung over my shoulder. I still have regrets about missing this shot--but >fortunately the memory is still well-seen, perfectly rendered with held >highlights & detail rich shadows, well-framed, brilliantly composed, and >very sharp ;-). > > > >Cheers, Christine > > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
