Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It was not set up. They raised one flag, but found a larger one and repeated the flag-raising to replace the flag, not for the photo! The whole story is on Wiki: Rosenthal, along with Marine photographers Bob Campbell<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Campbell_(photographer)> and Bill Genaust <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Genaust> (who was killed in action after the flag-raising),[21]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima#cite_note-21> were climbing Suribachi at this time. On the way up, the trio met Lowery, who photographed the first flag-raising. They considered turning around, but Lowery told them that the summit was an excellent vantage point from which to take photographs.[12]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima#cite_note-Fiery_2004-12> Rosenthal's trio reached the summit as the Marines were attaching the flag to an old Japanese water pipe. Rosenthal put his Speed Graphic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Graphic> camera on the ground (set to 1/400th of a second shutter speed<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter_speed>, with the f-stop <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-stop> between 8 and 16) so he could pile rocks to stand on for a better vantage point. In doing so, he nearly missed the shot. Along with Navy Pharmacist's Mate Second Class John H. Bradley, the five Marines began raising the U.S. flag. Realizing he was about to miss it, Rosenthal quickly swung his camera up and snapped the photograph without using the viewfinder<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viewfinder> .[22]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBradley2006209.E2.80.93211-22> Ten years after the flag-raising, Rosenthal wrote: Out of the corner of my eye, I had seen the men start the flag up. I swung my camera and shot the scene. That is how the picture was taken, and when you take a picture like that, you don't come away saying you got a great shot. You don't know.[*attribution needed <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Attribution_needed>*] Bill Genaust, who was standing almost shoulder-to-shoulder with Rosenthal about thirty yards away, was shooting motion-picture film during the second flag-raising. His film captures the second event at an almost-identical angle to Rosenthal's famous shot. Tina On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: > Paul ... If you dig deep enough you can find photos of the set up. They > actually raised the flag for three first times to get the photo op right. I > believe the shot is included in the War show (a great show) currently here > at the Brooklyn Museum. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com