[Leica] Do you ever feel you're cheating with photography?
kyle cassidy on the LUG
leicaslacker at gmail.com
Thu Jul 16 12:04:12 PDT 2015
Would you, though, for example, opt not to photograph tame owls in a zoo if the opportunity arose?
> From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
>
> On Jul 15, 2015, at 11:41 AM, kyle cassidy on the lug wrote:
>
> > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2015/roxana.jpg
> >
> > I was also unable to avoid going to Antelope Canyon and taking photos
> > while passing through Arizona.
>
> I rarely believe I'm not cheating.
>
> It's a piece of cake: all I have to do is buy a camera with a long lens,
> understand how numerous light sources reveal or disguise important or
> unimportant features, how the lighting and shapes and colors in the
> background add to or detract from the message I'm trying to convey,
> understand the relationships between shutter speed, subject motion, camera
> motion, aperture and ISO, research the critter I want to photograph
> including habitat, seasonal behaviors and locations, find the one in
> 20,000,000 that will allow me to get within range for a photo, (optionally)
> wait for eye contact, and recognize when shapes, colors and shadows line up
> in an aesthetically-pleasing configuration. The hard part is knowing when
> to push the button.
>
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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