The 50/2 is the ideal lens for this sort of situation: shooting body-size
objects, parts of body-size objects, body parts of less-than-body-size sizes,
including the occasional close-up of something, say, the size of a hand with a
ring or a mouthful of teeth, fast enough to shoot by available light, but
compatable with a T32 when the dark comes rolling in.
Andrew, the curmudgeon on the other and bottom side of the world, insisted that
I tell him, since he claims not to be squeamish, what I was doing. Here's a
copy of that exchange, and if you can think of a lens better suited to such a
situation, please let me know. Quoting:
Okay, if you really want to know, the subject was a pair of badly burned,
partially dismembered, decomposing bodies, one male, one female, unearthed from
a shallow grave in the woods by dogs. Was it murder, or are they just two more
casualties of an exploding meth lab who were treated to a hasty woodsy
interment by their associates? Not my problem.
A good time was had by all, and on the way back into town, our little caravan
stopped at Smoky Bones BBQ for ribs. I'm afraid the irony was lost on a couple
of new Ghoul School students the ME had brought along. They ordered hamburgers
instead of ribs, barely nibbled at them, and seemed not to appreciate the humor
in comments such as, "These ribs may be a little bit over-done, but not half as
much as the ones we got in the van."
If you do this sort of stuff long enough, you have to develop a gallows sense
of humor. Don't be fooled by the politically correct seriousness and
touchy-feely empathy you see portrayed on some of those CSI-type shows on TV.
Folks who deal with this kind of crap on a day-to-day basis don't act like
that. These shows are pretty much like everything else you see on the boob
tube: unrealistic. Except "Desperate Housewives," which I think is actually a
documentary!
Shall I post a shot or two? You want a his or hers portion?
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Bullshit.
> How dare you assume I'm squeamish!
> Now fess up - watchya doin?
> Andrew
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