Photographic oppertunity

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today coming back from my nans house in shawbury, there appeared a column of light through the middle of the clouds. it would of been a fantastic photo had i not been driving on a busy main road without my camera :(

i was just wondering how prepared people are for circumstances such as these? do you take your camera everywhere with you? i sometimes wish i did!......:cuckoo:
 
I take my camera to work every shift , just incase something out of the ordinary happens !
 
Had this many times, either a fleeting moment of light or a just about perfect composition before something moves, life is so frustrating sometimes.:bonk:
 
I once saw a guy stop on the hard shoulder of the M6 to shoot a sunset, not worth the risk of death or even 3 points for a picture.

by the time you've found somewhere safe to park the moment will have gone
 
indeed, there comes a point when no photo is worth putting your life at risk.
 
Best shot I ever missed was a buzzard taking off with a rabbit in its talons at the roadside. I couldn't stop because there was traffic behind me, and didn't even have a camera with me, but I don't suppose it would have made any difference. The chance would have been long gone by the time I was in a position to take the shot anyway.

I don't carry a camera unless I'm expecting to use it. The DSLR is too big/heavy, and my daughter "borrowed" my little A640 when her P & S died. I really need to get another compact, and I like the look of the Canon S90, but its way too expensive for me right now.
 
I take my camera with me alot of the time. I did see that kind of image once and got a few shots, but I wasn't high enough and stuff so it was a bit pants. I was quite gutted TBH.

If I don't take my camera with me, you can bet that more often than not, I wish that I had!
 
Even if you do take your camera everywhere with you, what lens are you going to have attached, and do you leave the lenscap on, seconds may count, where do you draw the line, it's bad enough having to lug the shopping without having to carry a camera as well. :D
 
I rarely have a camera with me if I'm not working. I miss shots, of course...but as artyman says, even if you have a camera, you're not 'ready' for that magic moment anyway...

The only one I can remember, and dearly wish I had a camera for, was driving through Dulwich, stopped at a set of traffic lights. Looking out of the side window of the car, I see a squirrel emerge from a wheelie bin, with a chocolate digestive held between its paws/claws/hands/whatever they have...

Little b****r looked right at me, was positioned dead central to me, and stayed there for about 4 seconds, more than long enough to get the shot if I was ready...never mind.
 
second option is your memory and the enjoyment of the scene

most occassions things are over too quickly

i used to carry my cameras all the time..but now only occassionally if i am going out with the intent of photographing i take the pos
 
Sounds like Photographic Memory implants are a much needed consumer product... No camera needed and no oppertunity missed :whistling: :lol:
 
I never used to carry a camera in the car ,but now have at least 3 in the boot.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................You can pick up an old film compact from the charity shops for around £4 now, got a canon sureshot the other day for £3.50 with case....:D
Film still works guys and you are not chancing a dear DSLR in the boot.

But, as said , it's somewhere to bloomin park when you see the shot :shrug:
 
What is wrong with stopping on the M'way? I do it regularly to get traffic shots for the Highways SAgency - no I don't have yellow beacons, but I do have hazards.
I don't bother with the health & safety mumbo jumbo either - what the hell is a hard hat going to do for you on the side of the mway? Hi viz vest? NO, definitely NO - yes other drivers can see you, so they look at you and not the road.......bit of reverse pshchology needed to enhance safety.
A bit of common sense gained from NOT being protected from life in the formative years would be good too. How are youngsters ever going to learn about danger and how to avoid it if they never come in contact with it?

Safety on the road? REMOVE seatbelts, REMOVE airbags. Instead fit a sharp, long spike pointing at the driver sticking out of the middle of the steering wheel - bet people would drive with a bit more caution then. The prospect of an accident would be too horrible to risk -so greater care would be taken.


Be difficult to get a transport mnister to see the sense in this though. Might not go down well with voters either.
 
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