Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom Finnegan wrote: >[snipped some interesting stuff] > > >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! > I was reading Frans Lanting's book 'Face to Face' and some of his best shots are done with him on his belly, using a 35mm or 50mm, well within harms way. But he takes the time to know the animals, to predict them, to treat them as you would a model - and thus to pull their personality into the shot. It's not the lens, it's the photographer. But, of course, if the lens is a Leica it will make it even better ;) Think what you could do with a Leica, Frans! Sorry, this is the LUG after all... - - marc *** Marc Attinasi *** * mailto: marc@attinasi.org * * http://www.attinasi.org * - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html