Cesar, it sounds to me like there is a morale to your story,,,, Like stay out of helicopters.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cesar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> 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 > > > > >
