David Mann wrote: > > On Dec 18, 2005, at 6:37 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > > He was just driving by > > with his son when he saw the scene (and almost crashed the car when he > > did). He jumped out, set up his camera, found out the batteries in his > > light meter were dead, guesstimated the exposure and got one shot. Any > > photographer of any skill/experience level can relate to this kind of > > experience :) > > I certainly can, except for the dead batteries. Many of my favourite > photos have been mostly due to simple luck. > > Tell me :)
> > http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/photo/printsdb/view.php?p=4 > BTW that's the full frame - I prefer to crop a bit off the right. Nice one - I don't think I'd crop it at all actually. Hmmm. > > The more I plan photos the worse they turn out... (snip details) > - Dave Yeah, I can't count the ones that fizzled when I actually had time to park myself for a couple of an hours with a 400mm and a tripod.... and then you shoot a whole bunch of "insurance" shots just to prove you were there... ann
