I have a moral question for you.
This is an imaginary situation, but it would be
interesting to see just
how
you feel about it.

The Situation:

You are in the Middle East, and there is a huge
flood in progress.
Many homes have been lost, water supplies
compromised and structures
destroyed.

You are a photographer getting still photos for
the CNN news service and
are
traveling alone, looking for particularly
poignant scenes. You come
across
Osama Bin Laden who has been swept away by the
floodwaters.

He is barely hanging on to a tree limb and is
about to go under. You can
either put down your camera and save him, or
take a Pulitzer Prize
winning
photograph of him as he loses his grip on the
limb.

So, here's the question and think carefully
before you answer the
question
below:











Which lens would you use?







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I'd use a 35-80mm zoom lens. Nah, just
kiddin'. I'd shoot his a$$ before he had
a chance to go under!

 

I'd take my camra and throw it at him in hopes that it would cause him to lose his grip. Then I would try to sue his family for my lost goods.

 

Of course you pull him from the floodwaters before he gets swept away!

That sum beech is worth 5 million dollars!

(Then you beat him to death with the camera.)

 

Why, how practical of you Raoul.

 

Raoul, Raoul, Raoul -

FIRST you take the pic - a 35x80 lens would be good, don't go for just a head shot, get some of the swirling flood water in the shot - depending on backlight and all, say - 125th @ F8 - - -

Then you pull the sum beech from the water & collect the loot.

rr

 

I'd go with a 55mm lens opened wide. It would keep his face in focus and artfully blur out the background making the focus of the picture his ugly face. Why not a longer lens? 'Cause to get a closeup with the 55mm, I'd have to be close to him and he'd know that it would be easy for me to grab him. Instead, he'd see the big ***** eating grin on my face and my Stars & Stripes pin on my lapel.

Otherwise, I'd rescue him by slipping a noose around his neck...

 

I' d start with the 70mm - 300mm with 1.4x tele-converter for the close-ups of his terrified face. Switch to the 28mm-105mm to capture the entire situation. Then back to the zoom as he dissappears down stream. Practice those lens and film changes.