>...I was on holiday and couldn't be arsed. Mark !
A new one on me. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: All on firm ground > On 6/8/08, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>I'll bet Cotty wished he had his video camera so he could sell the >>footage! > > Well, funny you should mention that! > > Actually, it happened while we were at the top of a mountain next to the > city, reached by a funicular railway. As we walked out onto the viewing > area it was obvious a fire was taking hold in the harbour below. We > rattled off some shots and the thought had crossed my mind that either > newspaper or TV might want the shot, but to be honest, I was on holiday > and couldn't be arsed. Not exactly the White House going up in flames, > just a local warehouse type building, and I couldn't see any flames > anyway, just lots of smoke. > > 30 minutes later we were back down and the smoke was mostly gone, and by > then I counted three news crews and a few snappers, so they had it all > covered. To be honest, if I did make a sale, it would have been hassle > sorting it out via phone conversations and then computer time and upload > etc etc - while we had a 2 hour scheduled stop in Bergen, and then the > fee - if they'd used the pic - would have only been in the region of a > hundred quid or so - just not worth the hassle. If newspaper stills fees > were ten times that, sure no problemo, but hey, I'm chilling out baby! > > Besides, Jostein got a much better shot than me - he had a 300 mil on a > 1.5 sensor, while I only had 200 mm on a 1.3 sensor. > > Did get some nice sunset pics this evening tho - from a house on the > side of a hill overlooking the fjord - the hills and the water reminds > me of the San Francisco bay when I was growing up in Ca. Beautiful. > > Pics soon. > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ -- 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.
