Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/07

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Subject: RE: [Leica] re: The Decisive Moment is gone
From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 08:28:00 -0500

Well, that leaves peeling paint ...
:-)

- - Phong

Zeissler Mitch wrote:
> 
> Hmmm...  
> 
> This brings up a point that Tony Sweet (http://www.tonysweet.com/)
> mentioned during a presentation he made to a local camera club last
> year.  He claimed that a number of the images you see crafted by the
> landscape "pros" are setups; that some of the big guys have their
> assistants prep a site for many hours or even days prior to the actual
> shoot, then the shot maker arrives, clicks the picture and departs.  The
> examples he offered up were the images we've all seen of fall shots
> where the leaves are all *face* up, when in fact, they are usually a mix
> with the majority being bottom up.  He had other examples, but that one
> stuck in my mind the most.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> /Mitch

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