Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You may be - I sure as hell wouldn't flush my vote down the toilet that way!:-) And on ANOTHER SUBJECT ENTIRELY - Just had my brand new Olympus 5060 fall off my shoulder, bounce on the floor, and then drop down three wooden steps - while on! Turned it off. Turned it off - and it functioned as though nothing had happened; didn't even have a mark on it. ;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Adam Bridge Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 12:24 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] re: The Decisive Moment is gone On 2003-11-04 bdcolen@earthlink.net (B. D. Colen) thoughtfully wrote: >Further, this whole decisive moment thing makes little sense. Go look >at HCB's contact sheets. This was a guy really working scenes - >shooting and shooting and shooting, and out of those dozens and dozens >of shots came the one shot that captured the "decisive moment -" to the >point that I would argue that the decisive moment is that instant when >the light bulb goes on and you realize that the scene that lays before >you contains the possibility of an important/worthwhile image. I really like this statement. It feels right to me because it encompasses what I understand as the "art" of street shooting, but also portraiture and Ansel's previsualization. Geesh - this is at least twice in a single year that I have applauded B. D. I'll be voting Green Party next. Wait...the gov's election...oh well... AB - -- 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