[Leica] Another PAW

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

> Thank you Tina. At the time I took the picture, I was focused on
> framing her profile against the sky and wasn't paying attention to
> what was reflected in the puddle. After seeing the result, I also
> wondered about the reflection. I think it would have been better with
> her profile reflected or with no reflection, but after studying the
> picture I realized that to add her reflection I would have had to
> have lowered my viewpoint and moved to the right. This would have
> placed her head against foliage.
>
> Of course I'm not good enough to have thought about all this during
> the few seconds I had to snap the shutter before she moved, and
> shooting film didn't give me a result to think about immediately
> after. I don't own a digital camera, but can see they have definite
> advantages. When you shoot digitally, do you find yourself taking
> more "adjustment" shots after seeing the image, or do you "pre-
> visualize" as with film and move on?

I can't speak for Tina, but I still "hunt" the right angle with my eyes,
then frame with the viewfinder, move a bit more and then shoot: I find the
little monitors don't give me much help in assessing the overall image,
just a confirmation that the exposure was OK. Sometimes I will "play" with
a graphical image by taking a few shots: the number has increased since
I'm not paying for film ;-)

Cheers