Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 22 February 2001, "Sal DiMarco,Jr." wrote: > > Doug, > Lucian Niemeyer, another wildlife photographer and author of several > photo books on birds works in a white jumpsuit and makes noise so the birds > know he is there. > It's all a matter of personal technique... > FYI- He's a Leica user also, and uses almost identical equipment as you > do. > Happy Snaps, > Sal DiMarco, Jr. Sal, Thanks for mentioning Lucian Niemeyer. On his website (www.lnsart.com) Lucian describes qualities of light, films, equipment and IMHO has very sane opinions on these matters, i.e., nature photos must be believable, which means using films with neutral color rendition; that most equipment available today can be used to produce excellent photographs 99.9% of the time; no UV filters or fill flash; and foremost, that without an understanding of light no amount of techno-wizardry or gadgets can make a good photo. BTW he uses Leica because he wants that extra .1% in his images (and to use a UV filter would negate that small advantage designed in to his lenses). NO UV Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/