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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
