Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 12/19/01 10:42 PM, Marc Attinasi at marc@attinasi.org wrote: > 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 > The on-your-belly technique can be very handy, because most animals will not recognize a human unles s/he is walking upright, but if I'm recalling correctly, the majority of Lanting's 35mm or 50mm photos are not of carnivorous animals, and in at least one photo that I recall a monkey was taking a swipe at him. A grizzly bear's threat posture is to stand upright - who among us would not feel at least a little threatened when faced with that at close range? Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html