Last year I tried getting some "bike courier shots" with my little Minolta HiMatic F on my bike (while working). This is probably the best of them:
http://www.urbancaravan.com/images/bike_couriers_life.JPG Now that I have some wider lenses, I'd like to try some more, maybe to get the handlebars and a bit of the bike in the shot, but I'm a bit leery of risking a good camera, while zipping through traffic steering with one hand... -frank "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > I don't think I can match the other stories in this thread. > In junior high school I shot a few frames with a Brownie > while riding my bicycle. And I perched halfway up a wall in > high heels to shoot over folks' heads at a wedding reception > (which amused another photographer enough to take a picture > of me, and horrified the site staff). I was only a few feet > off the ground, but I guess the toehold thing in heels and > hanging onto a rafter looked more impressive than it felt. > > I'm an acrophile, so I could very well see shooting from a > rock face or hanging out of a window or something in the > cards for me, but other than leaning out a 3rd story window > in my house to shoot fireworks over the harbour, I haven't > gotten around to doing much climbing since I started carrying > a camera everywhere. > > -- Glenn, who's done > some risky things > without cameras... -- "Honour - that virtue of the unjust!" -Albert Camus
