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[OM] Re: Still cool, but the funk lingers

Subject: [OM] Re: Still cool, but the funk lingers
From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 10:22:08 -0600
I'm going to Yellowstone's Lamar Valley to look for wolves. Come along and
get some inspiration. I will see the rascals but whether or not I can
photograph them might be another story.  /jmac

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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Walt Wayman
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 10:12 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Still cool, but the funk lingers


At 9:00 this morning, it was 68F. here, under what I call a "high sky," kind
of a hazy overcast that diffuses direct sunlight just enough to make
photography more better.  So, I hopped into the SSR with the Odyssey OM-1n,
loaded with my last roll of Kodachrome, and 35-80/2.8 Zuiko, retracted the
lid, which involves pushing and holding a button while listening to 20
seconds of all sorts of interesting mechanical whirings and purrings, while
the steel and glass top just folds itself up and vanishes into its private
hidey-hole.

Then I drove all around the area, looking cool, as I always do, sounding
cool (love that big V-8 rumble), and acting cool, that is, acknowledging
those who wave or honk in admiration of my slick ride with a casual raising
of a couple of friendly fingers of the steering hand.  I had much fun
driving around for nearly two hours, but, alas, I took not a single picture.
The only thing I saw that was in any sense inspirational was where there was
no place to park, or even to pull over to shoot with the motor running, and
the nearest possible stopping place was well over my 500-yard limit.

Looks like in order to complete this assignment I'm going to have to get
further from town and/or get my butt out of the truck.  Maybe this
weekend -- if it doesn't rain.  I've gotta do something to get out of my
photo phunk.  :-[

Walt

--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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