Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 20 mars 10 ? 14:46, Jeffery Smith a ?crit : > > In seeing his photos from 60-70 years ago, I'm also struck by how he > captured the shot with such framing, no camera shake, ideal > exposure, and presumably very slow film. His lens choice was > obviously good too, and I've never come close with my 50/3.5 Elmar > to anything with such clarity and resolution. It is a well known fact that his tireur(s) were more than excellent, and at least one complained about his 'messiness'. > Since his years at the craft were many and his output was not > enormous, he didn't get shots like that every day or even every > month. And he certainly didn't publish to the public many of them. The art of editing ... absolutely. > The fellow in Burlington who started this overall discussion has a > set of images, some of which are nice, but look like they could have > been taken on one day by a person on a streetshooting binge. If he > truly edited his collection to remove images that were just > "something notable that I saw today" and not "everything that > happened today, on film", he'd probably improve his photography > greatly by being more observant and selective. This is why snipers > don't use a machine gun. They might ge > t lucky and hit one good target, but they also involve everyone in > that general direction. agreed, cf supra > > Mark, please don't respond with "He's a photographer and the > Constitution says he can shoot and post whatever he wants with any > camera he wants!" Addendum : So long as it is not a 4/3. :-) ;-) Bien cordialement de Metz Philippe > I'm aware of that. > > Jeffery > > On Mar 20, 2010, at 8:26 AM, Sonny Carter wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:59 PM, Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at >> gmail.com >> >wrote: >> >>> I If you look >>> at the street photography of Cartier Bresson, for instance, since >>> the >>> thread >>> started there: in my opinon you will see a shy and quiet and >>> retiring >>> photographer: he's devastatingly observant and smart but he's >>> never all >>> that >>> close. (Paris Comment, you might call him) (pronounce it with a >>> strong >>> French accent... never mind). Cartier Bresson is contemplative, >>> almost zen >>> in mood, with every vision seeming deeply composed, even amid the >>> changing >>> forms of an urban street. >> >> >> I watched a film doc with Henri shooting, and maybe he was showing >> off for >> the camera, but he was hardly acting contemplative in his shooting; >> I was >> impressed at how he was able to shoot the LTM camera, quickly wind >> the film >> with an extended finger and shoot again. It was almost like he was >> shooting >> with a motor drive. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://www.sonc.com >> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> (+31.754164,-093.099080) >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > NO ARCHIVE