Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Exceptions to every generality, obviously, but by and large, the use of a tripod does, indeed, say everything about what kind of a picture will come out. On 10 Oct 2000, Robert Appleby wrote, at least in part: > Actually, many of the iconic "decisive moments" could just as well > have been captured using a tripod: the man jumping across a > puddle, the cyclist going past the curving stairs and many others. > You surely don't think that they only shot _one_ frame of those > events, do you? Using a tripod is simply a matter of personal > choice that says absolutely nothing about the kind of picture > that's going to come out. Just look at Bruce Davidson's East 100th > Street (or whatever) - all done with large format - not handheld! - -- Roger Mailto:roger@beamon.org