Comments on: Pictures not taken http://www.explananda.com/2007/09/23/pictures-not-taken/ Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:53:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: upyernoz http://www.explananda.com/2007/09/23/pictures-not-taken/comment-page-1/#comment-4124 upyernoz Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:18:05 +0000 http://www.explananda.com/?p=2122#comment-4124 i should be coming up with a ton of examples. it's not all that rare that i see something and think: "i wish i had a camera" but i can't think of any of them now. not a single one. i simply can't remember. and i knew that would happen too. that's why i wished i had a camera. i should be coming up with a ton of examples. it’s not all that rare that i see something and think: “i wish i had a camera”

but i can’t think of any of them now. not a single one. i simply can’t remember. and i knew that would happen too. that’s why i wished i had a camera.

]]> By: Chris http://www.explananda.com/2007/09/23/pictures-not-taken/comment-page-1/#comment-4120 Chris Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:06:00 +0000 http://www.explananda.com/?p=2122#comment-4120 Wow. Gazing at gazing at gazing at the male gaze. But I think you're right: Difficult or impossible to capture in a single shot. Wow. Gazing at gazing at gazing at the male gaze. But I think you’re right: Difficult or impossible to capture in a single shot.

]]> By: Steve Laniel http://www.explananda.com/2007/09/23/pictures-not-taken/comment-page-1/#comment-4119 Steve Laniel Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:59:35 +0000 http://www.explananda.com/?p=2122#comment-4119 I was in a train station in Nice or Lyon, I believe. There were two rows of chairs facing each other. A very flamboyantly dressed, tall, leggy woman was sauntering our way from my right, and my head was following her movement almost against its will. Eventually she passed behind me, so I couldn't turn my head anymore. Instead I shifted to watching the people in the row of chairs across from me. All of their heads were also moving at exactly the same pace as the woman's gait. I scanned down the row of chairs, and eventually made eye contact with a guy who was watching me watch the spectators watch the woman. I couldn't help but burst out laughing. Just too much meta in one place. I don't know if I *could* have caught all that on a still photo. It might have required a video. A still shot of all the heads, though, maybe a bit blurry from the motion, would have provided a nice illustration for a story. I was in a train station in Nice or Lyon, I believe. There were two rows of chairs facing each other. A very flamboyantly dressed, tall, leggy woman was sauntering our way from my right, and my head was following her movement almost against its will. Eventually she passed behind me, so I couldn’t turn my head anymore. Instead I shifted to watching the people in the row of chairs across from me. All of their heads were also moving at exactly the same pace as the woman’s gait. I scanned down the row of chairs, and eventually made eye contact with a guy who was watching me watch the spectators watch the woman. I couldn’t help but burst out laughing. Just too much meta in one place.

I don’t know if I *could* have caught all that on a still photo. It might have required a video. A still shot of all the heads, though, maybe a bit blurry from the motion, would have provided a nice illustration for a story.

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