bill_carson Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 One of a series of about five or six shots taken in rapid succession of these men launching their boat in the bay. While probably less than several seconds separated each, this frame was the outstanding, obvious choice, as the DM! Bill<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtodrick Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 A very good, classic Leica image IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_matlock Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_white7 Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Quite a nice moment. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralph_barker Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Nice shot, Bill. I think some decisive moments are debatable, however. Here, for example, a fraction of a second earlier might have caught the fellow at the middle of the boat mid-air as he jumped in. A second or two later might catch the fellow at the bow in that position. I'm not sure which of the three alternative shots tell the story better, but it's a point that can be debated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd_phillips1 Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Nice shot, Bill. Can you share technical details? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iván Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Hi, Bill: Yours IS a very good photo, IMHO. But I'd like to follow Ralph's observation: it could well be that an image showing your subject at a different fraction of a second earlier/later could have caught the critical moment when a given movement is just to be completed and makes you complete it in your mind making you feel the movement implied in your photo as in real life. Of course the classical example is HC-B's photo of the guy jumping over the pond. I'm constantly trying to catch decisive moments though with few success: when I do get the sense of movement, the overall graphic quality of the photo seldom is satisfactory. I assume that to consistently get both things together you actually have to be HC-B himself . . . but I continue trying. Who knows, some day . . .? -Iván Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_scecina2 Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 I'm sure that the Masters enjoyed and accepted their share of luck when they captured a Decisive Moment, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesrani Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 Nice snap, although I don't think it has quite the drama and wit to qualify as a decisive moment in what I understand to be the HCB sense. Talking of the famous Gare Saint Lazare photograph, I was looking at it the other day. The man is jumping off a ladder laid on the ground as a walkway, into a large expanse of water flooding the field/carpark, whatever it is, as part of his trip across this flooded area. So that while Cartier-Bresson had only a fraction of a second to get it right with this one person, no doubt many people were also taking the same route and he had many opportunities to get it right. I don't think the picture can be held up as an example of quick reflexes, conception and execution in a split second and so on - it is a set up shot, in the sense that HCB placed himself in the best position to take the picture and no doubt tried it over and over until he was pretty certain he'd got it. This was one of his standard techniques, and it certainly gave good results for him. It would certainly be interesting to see the contact sheets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 I like what Garry Winogrand said:<p> <i>No one moment is most important. Any moment can be something.</i> <p> This puts more burden on the photographer. Music and Portraits Blog: Life in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_carson Posted January 22, 2003 Author Share Posted January 22, 2003 Hi All: Thanks for your responses and kind remarks; I appreciate all. Several postings explored the contents of this frame and my selection of it as, "The Decisive Moment"; they speculated upon what might have happened before and after the exposure that I used. I dug out the contact sheet and I note that I had stated that I exposed, "--five or six" frames but I actually had shot only three frames. However, these three frames show the basis for my use of the title, "The Decisive Moment" and I'm sure that when you see the 'before' and the 'after' frames that you will agree with my choice. Again thanks for your thoughts and comments on the photo and the subject, "The DM." Bill Carson<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watts Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 Interesting to see the contact images. It's a shame that your original framing (in-camera) cropped out most of the person standing on the right hand side. The inclusion of this figure would, in my opinion, have added a greater depth to the image you were looking to achieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_b._elmer Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 Did you use the same lens - or did you waste time changing lens between the 2. and 3. picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_m_johnson Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 One exposure... http://www.photo.net/photo/1251414&size=lg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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