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Subject: [Leica] Why we all should buy an Alpa :-)
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler)
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:05:35 -0800
References: <3FE5EC32-EBC4-427A-A84C-E839A3EE84E4@gmail.com> <CB425819.19598%mark@rabinergroup.com>

I think I've just been dissed?


On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> Looks like a View-Master picture!
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View-Master
>
> --
> Mark R.
>
>
> > From: Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:02:32 -0800
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Why we all should buy an Alpa :-)
> >
> > Well it is a very unique type of shooting, Richard. Really slow and
> cognitive.
> > You don't get to "work" a venue like you can with a digital SLR. As the
> LUG
> > experienced with me the multiple times I had to go back and shoot my
> > "Remembering Guy Blase" image
> > (
> >
> http://www.rgaphoto.com/benches/content/2011_09_24_GusBlase_MASTER_PANO_WestVi
> > ew_large.html )
> >
> > multiple times before getting the image. When the light turns good, you
> don't
> > have the time to frame, bracket shoot, move and reframe and shoot
> another set
> > of bracketed shots.
> >
> > Sometimes taking your time and pre-visualizing can be a wonderful
> experience.
> > Other times I wish I could work a subject from multiple vantage points
> while
> > the light cooperates.
> >
> > I love the slow cognitive work for landscapes. I love being able to work
> a
> > subject for portrait shots. Different tools for different folks; we are
> lucky
> > to live at such an amazing time for our passion of photography!
> > Best,
> > Bob
> >
> > Bob Adler
> > http://www.rgaphoto.com
> >
> > On Jan 22, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> To me personally, these two are the most important points:
> >>
> >> - Search for the unseen. The first step in creating a great image is to
> >> show something heretofore unseen.
> >>
> >> - It is not only the subject matter that contains the unseen.  It can
> be a
> >> special angle, a special view, unusual lighting, a distinct vantage
> point,
> >> Hyper-Reality or something else.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Richard Man
> >> <richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/understanding-series/everything_matters__i
> >>> t_is_all_about_the_small_details.shtml
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> >>
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> >
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-- 
Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.rgaphoto.com


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