[LRflex] Re: Kamloops sundance

  • From: Kevin Willey <kevinwilley@xxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:28:03 +0200

David,

Very enjoyable and an example as to why I decided to pursue BW with film.  What 
film were you using and at what speed?  Thanks, Kevin


On Apr 17, 2010, at 6:23 PM, David Simms wrote:

> Hello listers;
> I lived in Kamloops, BC for about 20 years. For about 10 of those, i had 
> ready access to the kamloops grassland, nearly in the middle of the city. I 
> used to walk my dogs there twice a day and I always had a camera with me.
> On this June  morning, the angle of the Sun was right -it isn't most of the 
> time- and the sun was peeking in and out of the clouds. I had my R6 and 90mm 
> elmarit mounted on a tripod and I waited. For a very few seconds, the sun 
> peeked out and danced on the grassland. I took the shot, naturally, but so 
> fleeting was the moment that I got just one frame. That's it ! One frame. 
> Then, the sun hopped back behind the clouds and the day resumed its dreary 
> state without any more of the magic that it had just revealed. Of course, the 
> day was probably full of magic but i failed to pick up on it.
> HCB's "decisive moment" applies to more than the ebb and flow of urban life. 
> Nature has her decisive moments and they are brief.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DAVID+SIMMS/kamloops/sundance2.jpg.html
> 
> David Simms, Clearwater, BC
> 
> 
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