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 p.1 #19 · What Are Some Reactions You've Gotten When Shooting With A White Lens? | |
Oh,man! I have a million of these...
I was out shooting with the 400mm f/4 DO, on a cliff overlooking the Pacific, waiting for pelicans to ride the wind up the cliff. Two guys walk up behind me:
First Guy: What are you taking pictures of!!
Second Guy: Japan.
One weekend I was out at a state park with my 1dm2 & 600mm f/4 and tripod and was approached by a young couple. The 18ish girl walks up to me and asks, "Is that a camera or a telescope?" It's the late afternoon. I reply, "A camera," and she says, "Oh damn, I just lost a bet!" 
As I was putting the 600 f4 in the trunk, I was sweating a bit from a long hot walk, and a guy walks up and says, "Hard work, huh? Good thing you didn't bring the long lens!" 
"Wow! Did you get any pictures of birds with that?"
>"No, I got a Mountain Lion."
"Really?" Nervously now, "Not really right? I've been jogging here for 20 years."
I showed him the picture...
Another story; Around 7am, I was unloading at Three Capes State Park near Tillamook, Oregon. As I turned around after putting on my 1)jacket 2)photo vest 3)Tamrac backpack with extra tripod 4) second body on shoulder strap & 5)main camera body & long lens (with green cover) mounted on main tripod, I saw a whole family watching me. The Mom says with more than a hint of sarcasm, "Oh, well, you'll be inconspicuous in that!"
I don't know about you guys, but everyplace I go that the tourists also go, they all hand me their P&S camera and ask if I'll take their picture. Okay, I guess it makes sense, they know I'm not going to run off with their camera.
So I take a picture of a couple in SF the other day, and as I'm lining up the shot, I make them move to one side, and I drop to one knee for the right angle. and flip to portrait with the camera. I hand it back and they look at the screen.
With great surprise the man says, "That's pretty good..." Did he think I lug all this camera gear around for the exercise?
Lining up for a shot of Roosevelt Elk in a marsh. I'm up to my knees in muck, 50m away from the road, at the bottom of a steep hill, waiting for the right light, the right moment. Man in minivan gets out with children.
Man yells:"What size lens is that?" Elk heads pop up in alarm. kids start screaming...
Man yells:"I bet that's heavy! Look at that, kids, he carried that all the way down there!" Elk start briskly moving away.
Man yells:"That'll be a good shot!" Elk are gone...
Woman: "What is that?" taps my tripod.
"A camera," says I.
Woman: "No it's not!" Stomps away... :o  ??
Okay, this one's really original... I went out this one morning to a tide flat to shoot birds. It's about 3' deep. I took the 1DM2, 600mm f/4, 1.4x TC, & 12mm extension tube with a Wimberly head on a massive Gitzo tripod. You can't miss the camera.
I bought a camoflage net, from the army surplus store. This fools birds, even if it doesn't match the surroundings. When finished, I went to roll up the net by picking it up from the camera, uncovering it, and then laying the net on the trail.
Just then, two older vietnamese women walk up the trail. One of them looks at me, in my photo vest next to the camera, points at the net and says quite seriously,
"How many fish you get with that?" :o ?
Latest comment from non photog tourist:
"Wow, that's a canon!"
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| Jan 04, 2006 at 10:03 PM |
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