Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Some birds will allow you to get close enough to photograph them with a Leica M. Let's see....what are they called....pigeons! Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Tom > Finnegan > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 5:35 PM > To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' > Subject: RE: [Leica] suitability of M for wildlife photography > > > some poor confused soul suggested: > > ok, this is going to hurt.... > > EOS-3 + > 400 mm > ***************************** > > Wasn't it Robert Capa that said something along the lines of, 'if the > picture isn't any good, you are not close enough'. So much of wildlife > photography is static stale pictures of animals taken from a long > ways away > with some monster lens. Can you imagine doing street photography > with a 400 > mm lens? Certainly not! So why wildlife photography? All sense of intimacy > and involvement is lost. > > To paraphrase the Leica literature, > > "How are extraordinary, moving pictures taken? Through the harmonious > interaction of the photographer and the camera. And through the close > proximity to what's happening. When it comes to spontaneous and > inconspicuous reactions, the Leica M6 is irreplaceable: it enables the > photographer to get in close. Using the Leica M6, you don't have to worry > about the distance between you and your subject. The camera remains > unnoticed and itself becomes a part of the setting." > > So dump the slr and monster telephoto, grab you M6 and that new > 28/2 and get > right in amongst that herd of rampaging wildebeasts. Your photos > will be for > more dynamic and exiting as a result! > > Tom (only partly in jest) Finnegan > Seattle > > hmmmmm......., now that I think about it, street photography with the > 560/6.8 telyt and shoulder stock could be interesting. I might > just have to > try that one out. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html