Nice, solid images.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 10:55 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been carrying the Light L16 with me almost all the time this past > week and some. It's small, light weight and handy, and flexible … and can > produce some excellent quality results! People think you're just playing > with your cell phone as you use it too which makes it unobtrusive in a lot > of street and people shooting. > > So … Yesterday I had dropped off my car for some maintenance and took the > bus back and forth to the shop at both ends of the day. I've found a really > handy bus route that basically means a short walk at the ends of the run; > the trip takes me just barely more than a half hour total. As I sat riding > the bus, a truism came to mind while watching the people getting on and > off, chatting with each other, the streets going by: you can't do street > photography if you're driving, you have to be "in the street"—walking, > riding the bus, sitting at cafes, etc—to do it. Being encumberred with a > car consumes much too much of your time and energy. I already started to > think this just from my bicycle riding, but you're still encumbered with a > vehicle to manage. I think I'll be allocating time to riding the busses > around more this year. > > On my walk to and from the bus, I came across this faded and slightly beat > up 1970 BMW 2002. I owned one of these cars when they were nearly new, > bought it in 1972 when I graduated High School for $1800; it seems so cheap > now, but it was a lot of money for me then! Mine was Forest Green with a > Tan interior ... four speed manual transmission, cheap Blaupunkt AM/FM > stereo, no AC or power accessories at all. It was a glorious thing to > drive: light, agile and trim, quick enough. But oh my was it expensive for > an 18 year old to service and maintain in 1972! Loved it anyway, lots of > fun... > > On Flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHsks73yNP > > All with the Light L16 - ISO 100. Rendered to DNG, Processed in Lightroom > 6.x. > Great memories it brought back... Glad I ran into it! > > enjoy, > G > — > The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
