My friendly neighborhood samy's salesman told me a funny story the other day. I mentioned my recent trip to yosemite to him, and he asked me if he ever told me his yosemite story, I said no.. so he told it to me.
He says a while back he took a trip to yosemite, and he was walking around on some trail with his equipment, and at the top of this trail, he saw an old man setting up his tripod very slowly. Then all of a sudden he sees the old man spitting on his lens! Naturally, the salesman walks up to the old man, and tells him that in his bag he has a proper lens cleaner, if he's trying to clean his lens..
The old man laughs, and tells him he's not cleaning his lens, he's spitting on the lens, so as to make a soft focus shot.
The salesman thought he was crazy, and walked away laughing. On his way back down the trail, two people walking up stopped the salesman and said "Did you see who's up there?! It's Ansel Adams!"
Needless to say, the salesman was pretty embarassed. He said since then he had tried spitting on his lens, but with unfavorable results.
Just thought I'd share that with you.
Has anyone ever heard of spitting on their lens for a soft focus? lol
There will never be another Ansel Adams. Thanks for sharing the story
