Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe, If 1 in 10 is a keeper then you are doing a great job. After all, you are not doing grip and grins where they turn to the camera, smile, and wait for you to take four frames or until the strobe needs to recycle. You are in a strange environment not knowing exactly what will happen next or from what direction. If the image posted is just average for your keepers then you are doing just fine. Welcome back. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 5/28/06, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: > > Well, I am. > > I'm still selecting the best out of the +1500 images I shot, but > included already one: smoking fish on the beach (catch sardines, > spread them on the beach, cover with sand, add a layer of paper or > similar, light it. If it looks like a waste dump, don't worry be > happy, because it its the only thing that you can do. When the fire > is out, get the fish as clean as possible, and cover it with homemade > salt. Put on selfmade grills and then let the sun do its job. Et > voil?: another batch of mouths that can be fed...) > > http://www.fullflavor.be/_0010229.jpg > > It is true what the say about Africa: it is completely different. > I'm not up to giving in depth comments yet, because these 3,5 days > have been a bit overwhelming (this is an understatement): so many > people in such deplorable circumstances. And always smiling and being > proud of the so little they have. It's hard to understand for us > spoiled Europeans. But it makes one very humble... > > What I do know is this: I'm not made for PJing. I need to much time > to frame, previsualise, sleep on it, come back to do it another > way, ... If I look at the ones that I shot there (all the time in PJ > mode because that was what I was asked to do) and that are worth > keeping, I'm at 1/10th max. The rest is absolute rubbish. > > More to come in the next weeks. > Meanwhile: feel free to comment. > > Thanks for looking, > Philippe > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >