One of my favourite photos was taken about thirty years ago: I had seen that there was a potentially good combination of shapes, but I never quite got the light right (or the right light!). Then eventually, after eighteen months of revisiting the spot, it all happened! And it took just one frame, on a 55mm prime, to get.
Nowadays, I tend to use the zooms as a general purpose or travelling light set, but there are occasions when I hook up a prime and make myself use it to the best possible effect. It's the best discipline, even if sometimes you come back knowing that nothing you took was really worthwhile... John Coyle Brisbane, Australia On Thursday, November 01, 2001 11:41 AM, Mark Roberts [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > Mike Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Photographs don't present themselves (usually); they > >have to be looked for. I have a friend who will sometimes show me a bunch of > >similar proofs and say "I know there was a shot there somewhere, but I > >didn't get it." > > That's a great way of putting it. There a few places I go to repeatedly to > try > to get *the* shot. I know I have taken some good ones but I haven't got the > *one*! > > Come to think of it, I almost always use primes when I go to these places. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
