Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for a different look at Iceland. In a way, this is not at all how I imagined Reykjavik. As for your technique of shooting bars from the outside, I don?t know. I prefer to be inside where the beer is ;-) Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 3 Oct 2019, at 01:44, Howard L Ritter Jr via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > My wife and I have been in Iceland for the past week on a tour sponsored > by Sky and Telescope magazine for the purpose of viewing the aurora > borealis while visiting some of the highlights of this exotic and > beautiful country. We?re staying on for a few days to see the capital, > Reykjavik, in a little more depth and perhaps to take a day trip to > somewhere we hadn?t been on the tour. We did a lot of walking today and > this evening, and saw a few things I thought worth picturing. I had > anticipated this, so I had my MM around my neck. > > Please have a look at my album: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Reykjavik+in+Mono/ > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Reykjavik+in+Mono/> > > (An album of auroral photos will soon follow.) > > C&C appreciated, as well as picks of favorites. I have a strong preference > for one of the images, but I?ll save revealing it until I get votes from > some others. Hint: It?s an image with subtle humor, a serendipitous > juxtaposition and Decisive Moment aspirations. > > And I?d like to hear what others think about something I did on the walk > today that seemed very natural, although I?d never done it before. I found > the view from the outside in at several bars and restaurants tempting, so > I just prefocused and took pictures through the window, sometimes putting > the lens hood flat against the glass to eliminated reflections, and pushed > the shutter button. > > I immediately realized that I have mixed feelings about taking pictures > this way. It has to do I think with the hard separation between > photographer and subject, with denial of agency to the subject to respond > or have a say in the matter. It feels too impersonal, too sterile and > risk-free. You might say it?s like shooting fish in a barrel or hunting on > a private game ranch. On the other hand, I did get some scenes that I like > well enough to publish in the LUG Gallery. > > I wonder how others feel and whether any of you have taken opportunities > to do this. I?d appreciate hearing your thoughts on it. > > > ?howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information