Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I heard a talk by the (Times) editor whose story is by and lrge similar to the Wiki article. So the source may have been from the same person(s), but at east I can confirm that an ex-editor spoke to a hall of several hundreds of people and looked them into the eyes and repeated those stories. If you have seen the sequence of the flag raising movie - it lasted just a few seconds, they were not being slow about it - you will know why Rosenthal wasn't sure that he got the shot, and why it really does deserve to be one of the greatest photos. On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > It was not set up. They raised one flag, but found a larger one and > repeated the flag-raising to replace the flag, not for the photo! The > whole story is on Wiki: > > Rosenthal, along with Marine photographers Bob > Campbell<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Campbell_(photographer)> > and Bill Genaust <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Genaust> (who was > killed in action after the > flag-raising),[21]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima#cite_note-21> > were > climbing Suribachi at this time. On the way up, the trio met Lowery, who > photographed the first flag-raising. They considered turning around, but > Lowery told them that the summit was an excellent vantage point from which > to take photographs.[12]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima#cite_note-Fiery_2004-12 > > > > Rosenthal's trio reached the summit as the Marines were attaching the flag > to an old Japanese water pipe. Rosenthal put his Speed > Graphic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Graphic> camera > on the ground (set to 1/400th of a second shutter > speed<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter_speed>, > with the f-stop <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-stop> between 8 and 16) so > he could pile rocks to stand on for a better vantage point. In doing so, he > nearly missed the shot. Along with Navy Pharmacist's Mate Second Class John > H. Bradley, the five Marines began raising the U.S. flag. Realizing he was > about to miss it, Rosenthal quickly swung his camera up and snapped the > photograph without using the viewfinder< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viewfinder> > .[22]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBradley2006209.E2.80.93211-22 > > > Ten > years after the flag-raising, Rosenthal wrote: > > Out of the corner of my eye, I had seen the men start the flag up. I swung > my camera and shot the scene. That is how the picture was taken, and when > you take a picture like that, you don't come away saying you got a great > shot. You don't know.[*attribution needed > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Attribution_needed>*] > > Bill Genaust, who was standing almost shoulder-to-shoulder with Rosenthal > about thirty yards away, was shooting motion-picture film during the second > flag-raising. His film captures the second event at an almost-identical > angle to Rosenthal's famous shot. > > > Tina > > > On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Paul ... If you dig deep enough you can find photos of the set up. They > > actually raised the flag for three first times to get the photo op > right. I > > believe the shot is included in the War show (a great show) currently > here > > at the Brooklyn Museum. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto