Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Capa and the Wide Angle Lens
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 09:43:37 -0700

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> Having done news photography I present this not as an apology but as a
> rationale. I have been in situations where you only have one chance at a
> photo. And you have everyone, particularly TV photogs, crowding around
> blocking the shot. Sometimes you only have one alternative and that is
> to go wide. Believe me, I hate it. Tell it to my editor when I'd come
> back and get my butt reamed for not having the pic. It bespeaks more
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> --
> Carl Socolow

Carl on your shot of the guy and gal smootching on the sidewalk:
weren't you a little worried that the guy could turn around and punch
your lights out?
Or had you precleared your grabbing of that private moment?
A great shot, but a shot many would'nt have the guts to get as the
demeener of either of them could be a wildcard.
Mark Rabiner