Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi All, Donal Philby said: <Yeah, bitch and moan as I may, we are blessed to live with open eyes.> That's it! And that makes all the difference. Well put! Over the years I am always amazed, and a little saddened, at those who look but do not see the beauty, the details, the way it fits together and how the light hits it just so... When I carry my M6, or yes Oddmund, even my litttle Rollei 35 S, I notice that I see more; that looking for that intersting composition or lighting or subject or all of these makes me much more aware. And, while I strongly agree that it is the loose nut behind the finder that is the most important component of the process, I like knowing that the optics are not going to be a weak link; that if I do my part they will faithfully render the image as well as is possible. Finally, no matter how many (thousands and thousands of) times I do it, every time I get the developed images back from the lab or develop my own, it is like opening a present. How did the image work? Did I get that expression I thought I saw for a millisecond? Sorry for going on like this. I love what I do for a living. Wilfred von Dauster http://www.fsl.noaa.gov/~vondaust/www.will.html (Site under construction...as are we)