Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/16

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Subject: [Leica] Do you ever feel you're cheating with photography?
From: leicaslacker at gmail.com (kyle cassidy on the LUG)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 15:04:12 -0400

Would you, though, for example, opt not to photograph tame owls in a zoo if 
the opportunity arose? 

> From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
> 
> On Jul 15, 2015, at 11:41 AM, kyle cassidy on the lug wrote:
> 
> > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2015/roxana.jpg 
> > 
> > I was also unable to avoid going to Antelope Canyon and taking photos
> > while passing through Arizona.
>  
> I rarely believe I'm not cheating.
> 
> It's a piece of cake:  all I have to do is buy a camera with a long lens, 
> understand how numerous light sources reveal or disguise important or 
> unimportant features, how the lighting and shapes and colors in the 
> background add to or detract from the message I'm trying to convey, 
> understand the relationships between shutter speed, subject motion, camera 
> motion, aperture and ISO, research the critter I want to photograph 
> including habitat, seasonal behaviors and locations, find the one in 
> 20,000,000 that will allow me to get within range for a photo, 
> (optionally) 
> wait for eye contact, and recognize when shapes, colors and shadows line 
> up 
> in an aesthetically-pleasing configuration.  The hard part is knowing when 
> to push the button.
> 
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com