Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]...and it seems to happen more when using a rangefinder than an SLR! Arturo - ---------- Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I agree. I find that printing some of my negatives is a voyage in > discovery ... some have things in them that I was not consciously aware > of. > > fun stuff. :) > > Godfrey > > On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Art Sala wrote: > > > My own experience suggests that the decisive moment, i.e., that small > > window of time between when you recognize the optimum scene (or expression) > > of your subject and when you release the shutter. When you examine the > > final print, you would swear you had decided to release the shutter before > > the picture had even fallen into place; the picture is more interesting > > than you intended. Hard to put into words... > > > > Cheers, > > Arturo > > ======================================== > > > > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@bayarea.net> > > To: Internet Mail::[leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] > > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Decisive Moment translated > > Date: 9/22/99 12:28 PM > > > > Well, we could discuss this to a degree of absurdity, I guess. > > > > The "Decisive Moment" could refer to the photographer's intent, not the > > subjects'. "Images hastily" is more idiomatically translated by others > > already as "images on the run" or others. > > > > I've never really thought all that much about the title. HCB seems to > > indicate that he's looking for that moment before a decision is made, > > the > > point of fixing one's mind in a particular direction ... at which point > > "the decisive moment" seems a reasonably good description of the subjects' > > moment, not the photographer's, whereas I feel most people tend to think > > the title is referential to the photographer, not the subject. > > > > Enough. There are some fine pictures in there. That's what is important. > > Art interpretation I'll leave to those who do it better... Artists rarely > > interpret, they just do. ;) > > > > Godfrey > > > > On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > > > > > > > At 05:15 PM 9/21/99 -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > > >Altavista's babelfish translator says: "Images hastily".><Snip> > > > In other words the exact opposite of the Decisive Moment! > > > Mark Rabiner > > > > > >