Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug-- Love those stairs in Hogwarts! Gosh, what a fabulous use of special effects to absolutely dazzle all the children, and inner children of all us old warts! I cried when I saw the first Harry Potter with my ten year old son. Thought to myself, "finally, a REAL kid's movie!" Yes, I see what you mean about the work you do with the critters (always gorgeous, by the way), and that's just a very vivid, real-life example of how we do influence the "picture," or the big picture, so to speak. I still think the quantum physics example still applies. Your critters are just bigger particles and waves--what Alan Watts called "wavicles" in one of his famous talks--and they do arrange themselves according to what you are doing in their field of reference. Same thing with the teeny-tiny particles and waves, I guess. If we look for waves, we'll see waves; if particles, then particles. But who is to say that life on a much smaller scale than even the hummingbird or the ant doesn't sense our presence and "show" itself accordingly? I think your example is a good one to make us realize that the earth is alive in all regards, every little bit, and it responds to our presence in ways both subtle and profound, even when we can't detect it. The hummingbird is just a visible example of what goes on at every exponentially smaller or deeper level. Kit - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Douglas Herr Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 10:48 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Uncertainty Principle Kit McChesney | acmefoto <kitmc@acmefoto.com> wrote: > > Doug-- > > ... are you also saying that depending on which lens you use, > the scene adjusts itself accordingly to comply with what you > want to see? ;-) > Hmmm.... is this anything like the stairways in Hogwarts re-arranging themselves? I was thinking more in the context of stuff I'm familiar with, wildlife photos. My presence may influence the critters in some way; they may look at me, they may alter their path, or pause for a moment; the hummingbird might delay its approach to the nectar-rich flower unti she decides I'm not a threat; the critters' prey (or predators) may also be somewhere they might not have been if not for my presence. The fact that I am there to record the events and activities alters the events themselves. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- 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