Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 9/7/05 1:27 AM, Paul at paul@paulhardycarter.com wrote: > ... I remember a conversation in Sarajevo - long after the war > - when a survivor was telling me how much everyone > had detested the photographers who, during the siege, would turn up > with their long lenses and sit in an armoured car and wait to get a > picture of an old lady getting shot by a sniper on her way to the > market. They hated them almost as much as the snipers themselves. photon snipers, yecch! It's one of many reasons l prefer to use shorter lenses for my wildlife photos. The shorter lens forces me to become engaged with the subject's life. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com