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A Moral Question

I have a moral question for you. This is an imaginary situation, but I think it is fun to decide what one would do.

The situation: You are in the Middle East, and there is a huge flood in progress. (Remember, I said this is imaginary.) Many homes have been lost, water supplies compromised and structures destroyed.

Let's say that you're a photographer and getting still photos for a news service, 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 and shutter speed would you use?

That's easy.  You put your camera down, save his sorry life, then drag him to the nearest US consultant behind your jeep, drop him off and say "here is the sorry piece of humanity you've been looking for.  I'd like my $25,000,000 in US currency if you please.  By the way I'm kind of in a hurry so could you make it fast.

i would probably use the one where it takes like 50 pics quickly. then i would make a movie that gets 50 billion dollars in 2 days