This is a moral question. This is an imaginary
situation, but I think it
is interesting to decide what one would do.
You are in the Midwest and there is a huge flood in progress. Many homes
have been lost, water supplies compromised and
infrastructures destroyed.
Let's say that you're a photographer out getting still pictures for a news
service, traveling alone, looking for particularly poignant scenes. You
come across the Reverend Jessie Jackson who has been swept away by the
floodwaters. He is 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 should you use?