Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A long lens would be cheating. You wanna get so close that you can smell your subject. Remember, you are the LEICA photographer and all animate and inanimate matter is there to serve your lens's every desire. If they can't take a swipe at you, you're too far away. Moreover, if they do take a swipe at you, you didn't properly introduce yourself. A 50mm, now that's a long lens. Normal, would be a 35mm or 28mm and the moderate wide a 21mm. Hell, just this weekend I was in a moderately well behaved melee between AF military police and citizens opposing the militarization of space. Now, between the truncheons and the barking dogs and these Lay workers and Clergy and a few kids, was a whole lot of empty space. Plenty of space to snuggle in and get right at home, all within arm's length of both parties on the playing field. Perfect territory for the 21mm, I wouldn't of dreamed of pulling out a telephoto at a moment like this. Slobodan Dimitrov Austin Franklin wrote: > > > Get closer, don't be afraid to dig into someone's > > alleged personal space. > > I look at a lot of images that I feel would be much better if that advice > were followed...or even just gat a longer lense. That's why I like the > 75/1.4 so much...not close enough to be smacked, but close enough to fill > the frame ;-)