Nicely exposed, content makes up for all other possible deficiencies.
Scott Loveless wrote:
I whip the car off the road into the used-car lot. This billboard has
to have something to do with the lot. I ready the camera in my lap so
as to not attract attention. Set the f-stop. Set the shutter. Focus
it for hyperfocal distance. I get out of the car and notice a
polyester suited shark heading toward me with a big dopey grin on his
face. I bring the camera to my eye. Damn! Too bright. I adjust the
shutter. The salesman doesn't have the grin anymore. Still too
bright. Adjust the aperture. He's moving faster now, scowling. Crap! I bumped the focus ring. It's a wide angle, so it probably
doesn't matter anyway. He's within about ten feet. I press the
shutter release and jump back into the car. He's yelling now. Probably something profane. I've got a big dopey grin on my face as I
accelerate the car back onto the highway.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3168610
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I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime.
--P.J. O'Rourke
