Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 2/2/02 9:30 AM, Robert G. Stevens at robsteve@hfx.andara.com wrote: > Hi: > > I was on the street a few days ago and the subject started staring at > me. I think it may have been the big lens on my camera attracting his > attention. I just held my spot on the pavement and kept firing > away. Eventually the subject looked away. The picture is at the link below. > > http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/Misc/AreYouLookingAtMe.jpg > > More pictures of the same subject at the link below. > > http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/LookingAtMe.htm > > BTW, I was on the street of a small community when all these pictures were > taken. > > Regards, > > Robert > Very cool photos, Robert. The stare may have been the result of the big lens. To me, and to the kids in my daughter's class, a big lens pointed in at someone looks like an agressive signal. Predators stare at their prey before their attack, mostly to plan a successful attack. Agressive humans stare too. I think my tripod-less approach to wildlife photos is one of the reasons I can get as close to the critters as I do. The tripod fixes the lens in one position, even if the photographer is about to make the photo or not. This looks like a prolonged stare. By raising the camera only for the photo and quickly putting it down again, it looks to my subjects more like a glance - more like how a prey species behaves - than a stare. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html