Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: Cartier Bresson and the 6 exposures.
From: "Roger Beamon" <beamon@primenet.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 09:14:36 -0700

On  1 Dec 97,  Hans Pahlen wrote:

> >That guy jumping across a puddle, he fell in 50 times before HCB reckoned
> >he'd got 6 frames of him exactly at the right point.
> 
> 
> Hmm, suddenly Mr HCB seems a lot more human. I never realized that
> some of his desicive moments were arranged. No wonder that I have not
> been able to capture any myself... /Hans

I love it! This decisive *moment* is getting a bit complex and time 
consuming. 

   1. Dream it up.
   2. Set it up.
   3. Capture it.

Now that you know, Hans, do not accept an assignment to document a 
*day* in someone's life.  :-)


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Roger Beamon  
       Naturalist & Photographer
       mailto:beamon@primenet.com
          
          Thought for the day:
      Success occurs in private,
      failure in full view.