Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/17

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Are we Anal or what? "The Puddle Jumper" / Re: How> about this one?
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:32:41 -0400
References: <CC03DE55.11EA7%manolito@videotron.ca>
 
looking for the like button

well said

ric


On Jun 17, 2012, at 7:19 PM, EPL wrote:

> The term "decisive moment" is not Cartier-Bresson's. It is a translator's
> interpretation of the French title of one of HC-B's books.
> 
> A lot of people like to think it means: "I stood there and took just one
> single perfect frame of something that just happened to pass by me -- and
> that's why I am a genius. "
> 
> What it really means is: "I captured an image of a spit-second."
> 
> Nothing is real. It is all noise.
> 
> Emanuel
> 
> 
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In reply to: Message from manolito at videotron.ca (EPL) ([Leica] OT: Are we Anal or what? "The Puddle Jumper" / Re: How> about this one?)