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Just to prove I do shoot colour!

Postby Sheila Smart on Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:39 pm

A couple of candid shots.

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and a shot of a young Moslem woman who was watching a busker. The wind caught her scarf and I knew this was the shot I wanted

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Postby Wocka on Tue Feb 07, 2006 1:05 pm

Sheila,

Love the second shot.

I guess it just goes to show how good a Canon photographer is. You don't even need to own a body to take great images.

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Postby Oneputt on Tue Feb 07, 2006 1:14 pm

That second shot is a beauty. A hint of mystery. Well done Sheila :D
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Postby Frankenstein on Tue Feb 07, 2006 1:28 pm

Yep, number 2 is great. It has a certain softness about it that I really like, and the sweeping flow of the scarf keeps drawing my eyes back.
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Postby avkomp on Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:41 pm

could imagine no.2 in a national geo shoot.

not your average portrait of a moslem woman.
the windblown hejab? makes this

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Postby dooda on Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:50 pm

I love them both, they have such different feels. The second one is peaceful, the first one is comical. I love the funlovingness of the icecream, contrasting with the stereotype of age, and that shocked look on her face, like the times have just changed too fast, and it just hit her now.
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Postby dooda on Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:53 pm

Hot Damn Sheila, I just cruised your site. Your pics are off the Hizzle! Are we allowed to say that here?

Congratz on the winning Photog of the year, you definitely deserve it.
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Postby MCWB on Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:11 pm

dooda wrote:Your pics are off the Hizzle! Are we allowed to say that here?

Fo' shizzle my nizzle! :lol:
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Postby Sheila Smart on Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:38 pm

Thanks all. The young woman is certainly one of my favourites.

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Postby wendellt on Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:08 pm

the 2nd one is sooo stylish and hauntingly beautiful a definite classic
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Postby shakey on Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:47 pm

Great shots.. I like the comical symmetry of the first.. A right handed and a left handed (with matching watches!) duo in identical hats eating the same ice cream.

The second shot has the ethereal wistful look
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Postby Slider on Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:51 pm

Both are good shots Sheila but the second has that special something. Very nice :D
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Postby Marvin on Wed Feb 08, 2006 8:51 pm

dooda wrote:Hot Damn Sheila, I just cruised your site. Your pics are off the Hizzle! Are we allowed to say that here?


You can say that but nobody will know what the Hot Damn you mean!! :wink:
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Postby ajo43 on Wed Feb 08, 2006 9:12 pm

Sheila

Just one question about the second shot (which I think is a fantastic shot). Did the woman know you took the picture (either before or after you took it).

I'm intersted in the ettiquite in taking candids like this one.

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Postby Sheila Smart on Wed Feb 08, 2006 10:02 pm

ajo43 wrote:Sheila

Just one question about the second shot (which I think is a fantastic shot). Did the woman know you took the picture (either before or after you took it).

I'm intersted in the ettiquite in taking candids like this one.

Thanks


There is always going to be a debate when shooting candid shots whether you should ask first. If I had asked first, you would not see this shot. Most of my candid shots are shot "off the hip" as it were.

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Postby DVEous on Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:57 am

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Postby Catcha on Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:00 am

Great second shot, like natural pose and obviously a candid one great stuff
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