[Leica] Monochrome album from Reykjavik

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

Thanks for a different look at Iceland. In a way, this is not at all how I 
imagined Reykjavik. As for your technique of shooting bars from the outside, 
I don?t know. I prefer to be inside where the beer is ;-)

Nathan Wajsman

Alicante, Spain
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YNWA













> On 3 Oct 2019, at 01:44, Howard L Ritter Jr via LUG <lug at 
> leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> My wife and I have been in Iceland for the past week on a tour sponsored 
> by Sky and Telescope magazine for the purpose of viewing the aurora 
> borealis while visiting some of the highlights of this exotic and 
> beautiful country. We?re staying on for a few days to see the capital, 
> Reykjavik, in a little more depth and perhaps to take a day trip to 
> somewhere we hadn?t been on the tour. We did a lot of walking today and 
> this evening, and saw a few things I thought worth picturing. I had 
> anticipated this, so I had my MM around my neck.
> 
> Please have a look at my album: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Reykjavik+in+Mono/ 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Reykjavik+in+Mono/>
> 
> (An album of auroral photos will soon follow.)
> 
> C&C appreciated, as well as picks of favorites. I have a strong preference 
> for one of the images, but I?ll save revealing it until I get votes from 
> some others. Hint: It?s an image with subtle humor, a serendipitous 
> juxtaposition and Decisive Moment aspirations.
> 
> And I?d like to hear what others think about something I did on the walk 
> today that seemed very natural, although I?d never done it before. I found 
> the view from the outside in at several bars and restaurants tempting, so 
> I just prefocused and took pictures through the window, sometimes putting 
> the lens hood flat against the glass to eliminated reflections, and pushed 
> the shutter button.
> 
> I immediately realized that I have mixed feelings about taking pictures 
> this way. It has to do I think with the hard separation between 
> photographer and subject, with denial of agency to the subject to respond 
> or have a say in the matter. It feels too impersonal, too sterile and 
> risk-free. You might say it?s like shooting fish in a barrel or hunting on 
> a private game ranch. On the other hand, I did get some scenes that I like 
> well enough to publish in the LUG Gallery. 
> 
> I wonder how others feel and whether any of you have taken opportunities 
> to do this. I?d appreciate hearing your thoughts on it.
> 
> 
> ?howard
> 
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