Re: One More KNEES! :-)

Mervin Stewart  offered:
I think this is a well composed photo. Sure if you were 25 or 30 again you 
might have bent down a bit more.  Experienced and tired knees can be a 
pain!<<<<<

Tina Manley replied as only a fine southern lady could:

>>Thanks, Mervin!  So true. I can remember when I jumped all over the place to 
>>take photos.  Now I let them come to me!

Tina dear lady, how true, how true! :-)

In younger times I'd like to add when covering NFL or CFL football games it was 
always shot from a kneeling position on the grass along the sidelines. Today 
the young pups don't bend down and never capture the true photographic power 
perspective of what any field sport is in it's action. Yes on occasion they get 
nice photos. However?

There they all stand, seems like near a hundred or so along the sideline, 
monopod in hand with a 400mm to however length using their standing height. And 
loosing all the power of a lower perspective if only they bent their knees to 
increase the size of the athletes and the impact of the action. 

But we, actually all of us whether there are any doubters out there or not, 
your time will come. ;-) It get's tough to bend the knees on real bone or those 
wonderfully implanted replacement types! ;-) Tina understands this part well. 
:-)

And as I've said for many years... "bend your knees for better perspective!' I 
can assure you there will come a time when many of you may curse me for my so 
called wisdom! ;-)

The answer to this situation is?  Have an assistant strong of mind who'll shame 
you to stand, never happens! ;-)

Or one who's strong of mind AND body who can grab you and put you into standing 
position right smartly before you miss the next magical photo moment! ;-)

It had occurred to me to add "stand quickly and you can have your favourite 
single malt Scotch, but I thought better of it and just poured one!" ;-) 

So endth the lesson on bending knees. :-)

ted

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