Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom Schofield wrote: > One last, parting thought on the subject -- Another way of looking at > the issue, from the consumer's point of view, is that part of the > beauty of the image is the perfection of the skill (sometimes luck) of > the photographer in capturing the decisive moment. A couple of > examples that come to mind are the WWII soldier caught at the moment > of impact of the bullet (admittedly luck!) Do you mean Capa's photo of the solider getting shot in the Spanish Civil War? Funny you use this as an example as there has been a lot of debate on weather it is staged or not.....it is commonly accepted as a real image, not staged, but it was the center of a lot of controversy at the time. -- Harrison McClary Harrison McClary Photography harrison@mcclary.net http://www.mcclary.net ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography http://www.imagestocksouth.com Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: http://www.mcclary.net/blog