Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aaron, http://www.lightcurves.com/gallery1/visualizing.htm DaveR - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Sandler" <aaron.sandler@duke.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Traveling the world, just me and my camera > It's the brain part that I'm missing. > > At 10:29 PM 3/1/2004, Doug Herrwrote: > >on 3/1/04 5:47 PM, Jack Baty at jbaty@fusionary.com wrote: > > > > >>>>>> That man travels the world with just an M6 and a 35mm lens.<<<<<< > > >> [snip] > > >> > > >> There are too many people who think all you need is a Leica, film, > > >> running > > >> shoes and a foreign country and you'll become the next HCB or Marc > > >> Riboud, > > >> and that's absolute nonsense. > > > > > > While I agree completely, I wonder if the point of the original post > > > was > > > that it's *not* about the equipment. I read it as, "He takes great > > > photos with a single camera and only one lens!" > > > > > > FWIW, I use an M6 and 35 and my photos are crap. Maybe it's the > > > traveling the world part I'm missing! > > > >I hate to break this to you, but it's not the 'traveling the world' part, > >either. IMHO the best photos are in your 'back yard', however you define > >that. It's the places you know and can come back to again and again. > > > >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