[Leica] Shooting styles in Burma

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Hi Howard,

Nice images.  Mom and Babe is my favorite.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H&ECummer" <cummer at netvigator.com>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 3:37 PM
Subject: [Leica] Shooting styles in Burma


> Hi Luggers,
> Burma proved to be fertile ground for photos and there are many photo 
> tours coming to the country.
> I noticed a great difference in shooting styles among photographers.
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> There were the Canon Brigades with tripods and long zoom lenses like this 
> group at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon;
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/CanonBrigadew.jpg.html
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> http://tinyurl.com/c7mgujl
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> I didn't care for their sneaky shooting style when the Burmese I met 
> enjoyed having their pictures taken and were prepared to interact with 
> you.
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> My style was quite different - I liked to talk to the subjects or at least 
> hand signal and smile with them. This is me in action taken by son-in-law 
> Ian:
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/Hcinteractw.jpg.html>
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> http://tinyurl.com/cjtuff7
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> in order to get pictures like this one of Mom and Babe - X Pro 1 and 60mm 
> f2.4
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/MomBabew.jpg.html>
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> http://tinyurl.com/cmdjknz
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> Of course, sometimes, lovers like these under their umbrella don't want 
> you to see them nor interact with you:
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/UmbrellaLoversw.jpg.html>
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> http://tinyurl.com/clojr2m
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> Please look large. C& C always welcome.
>
> Howard
> (on tropical Pender today)
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