[Leica] Do you ever feel you're cheating with photography?

[Doug Herr]

I'd either find a way to make the photo somehow distinguishable from the hundreds or thousands of other photos of the owl, or I'd skip the photo.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com


-----Original Message-----
>From: kyle cassidy on the LUG <leicaslacker at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jul 16, 2015 12:04 PM
>To: lug at leica-users.org
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Do you ever feel you're cheating with photography?
>
>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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