Death

[fotografr]

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I was walking along the shore of the lake near my home and came across the skeletal remains of what was probably a large carp and thought it looked kind of beautiful.

 

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Edited August 1, 2018 by fotografr

[abrewer]

I guess it's too late now for "habeas carpus"

[stuny]

Very nice.  As an extension to Allan's comment, I doubt we'd want to make a "roadkill" meal of it.

[dkCambridgeshire]

Carp fishing inspired me to buy my first decent camera. One afternoon in 1978 I was carp fishing and caught 6 specimens up to c. 10-12 pounds in weight in less than 40 minutes … it was the day the carp went mad. After unhooking them and watching how their mouths/gills were panting, their obvious distress was gradually impressed on me. After unhooking and returning the last fish I decided this was a futile exercise which achieved little … and vowed to quit freshwater coarse fishing. I subsequently sold all my tackle and bought a Canon AE-1 camera plus 3 Canon lenses …  supplemented in 1986 with an adapted Leitz 100/4 Macro Elmar R and bellows … still in my possession and used occasionally. 

 

dunk 

[fotografr]

I guess it's too late now for "habeas carpus"

Indeed it is!

[fotografr]

Carp fishing inspired me to buy my first decent camera. One afternoon in 1978 I was carp fishing and caught 6 specimens up to c. 10-12 pounds in weight in less than 40 minutes … it was the day the carp went mad. After unhooking them and watching how their mouths/gills were panting, their obvious distress was gradually impressed on me. After unhooking and returning the last fish I decided this was a futile exercise which achieved little … and vowed to quit freshwater coarse fishing. I subsequently sold all my tackle and bought a Canon AE-1 camera plus 3 Canon lenses …  supplemented in 1986 with an adapted Leitz 100/4 Macro Elmar R and bellows … still in my possession and used occasionally. 

 

dunk 

That's a great story and kind of similar to how I obtained my first "real" camera. I used to hunt deer back in my early 20s and I had a unique octagonal barrel 30-30. After a few years of not shooting any deer, but nearly shooting my hunting partners, I decided to give it up. I traded my rifle for a Yashica camera that a friend had picked up in Tokyo. I've never hunted since, and later sold the Yashica to partly fund my first Leica--a M3 double stroke.

[dkCambridgeshire]

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That's a great story and kind of similar to how I obtained my first "real" camera. I used to hunt deer back in my early 20s and I had a unique octagonal barrel 30-30. After a few years of not shooting any deer, but nearly shooting my hunting partners, I decided to give it up. I traded my rifle for a Yashica camera that a friend had picked up in Tokyo. I've never hunted since, and later sold the Yashica to partly fund my first Leica--a M3 double stroke.

 

 

After my AE1 led me to the 100/4 Macro Elmar with its work of art Leitz build quality, an R4S Mod II, SL and SL2, M6, and a good selection of M and R lenses followed. 

 

dunk