Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Cardish wrote: > > I guess when the camera is locked in place on a tripod, the "decisive > moment" has a different meaning to me than when prowling the streets a la > HCB. But I suppose if you allow a decisive moment to last for minutes > rather than seconds, I guess it can apply to any situation, such as waiting > for the wind to die down when photographing a wild flower. > > Dan C. > As I understand it HCB would often wait at a spot for a foreground to happen in front of his background; someone to walk by or something to happen. How different is this really than setting up a tripod? I've gotten some of my best results this way, not roaming but standing still and letting the action come to me; in front of my chosen location-backdrop. When I do this i often wished I'd brought my tripod along. Sometimes I had! mark rabiner