Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In seeing his photos from 60-70 years ago, I'm also struck by how he captured the shot with such framing, no camera shake, ideal exposure, and presumably very slow film. His lens choice was obviously good too, and I've never come close with my 50/3.5 Elmar to anything with such clarity and resolution. Since his years at the craft were many and his output was not enormous, he didn't get shots like that every day or even every month. And he certainly didn't publish to the public many of them. The fellow in Burlington who started this overall discussion has a set of images, some of which are nice, but look like they could have been taken on one day by a person on a streetshooting binge. If he truly edited his collection to remove images that were just "something notable that I saw today" and not "everything that happened today, on film", he'd probably improve his photography greatly by being more observant and selective. This is why snipers don't use a machine gun. They might get lucky and hit one good target, but they also involve everyone in that general direction. Mark, please don't respond with "He's a photographer and the Constitution says he can shoot and post whatever he wants with any camera he wants!" I'm aware of that. Jeffery On Mar 20, 2010, at 8:26 AM, Sonny Carter wrote: > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:59 PM, Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at > gmail.com>wrote: > >> I If you look >> at the street photography of Cartier Bresson, for instance, since the >> thread >> started there: in my opinon you will see a shy and quiet and retiring >> photographer: he's devastatingly observant and smart but he's never all >> that >> close. (Paris Comment, you might call him) (pronounce it with a strong >> French accent... never mind). Cartier Bresson is contemplative, almost >> zen >> in mood, with every vision seeming deeply composed, even amid the changing >> forms of an urban street. > > > I watched a film doc with Henri shooting, and maybe he was showing off for > the camera, but he was hardly acting contemplative in his shooting; I was > impressed at how he was able to shoot the LTM camera, quickly wind the film > with an extended finger and shoot again. It was almost like he was > shooting > with a motor drive. > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > (+31.754164,-093.099080) > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information