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Yet another "ferry candid"

Postby Sheila Smart on Mon May 01, 2006 9:03 pm

An excellent "source" of images is the Manly ferry. I took this snap of a young Indian (?) woman, possibly a tourist, with the backdrop of you know what.

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Postby big pix on Mon May 01, 2006 9:06 pm

great shot........ a perfect example of shallow depth of field.......
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Postby losfp on Mon May 01, 2006 9:41 pm

I always feel like a bit of a stalker if I start taking photos of people I don't know :) So I don't often do it...

Nice moment, well captured as always!

Much PP work done? I always find that I struggle to expose correctly against a bright sky.
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Postby babyvtr on Mon May 01, 2006 9:46 pm

i'd have to agree with you on that, quite out of my comfort zone to be taking photos of people i don't know.... this was made worse when i was in kings cross last weekend, every... um.... lady of the night... was telling me not to take photos of her.... very discouraging
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Postby Sheila Smart on Mon May 01, 2006 10:06 pm

losfp wrote:I always feel like a bit of a stalker if I start taking photos of people I don't know :) So I don't often do it...

Nice moment, well captured as always!

Much PP work done? I always find that I struggle to expose correctly against a bright sky.


Thanks. No PP work at all. Not even any sharpening. I use evaluative metering on my 5D and usually have no probs with exposure. I do shoot RAW which gives me more leeway when converting in ACR.

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Postby Sheila Smart on Mon May 01, 2006 10:11 pm

babyvtr wrote:i'd have to agree with you on that, quite out of my comfort zone to be taking photos of people i don't know.... this was made worse when i was in kings cross last weekend, every... um.... lady of the night... was telling me not to take photos of her.... very discouraging


I would not be game enough ('scuse the pun!!) to take snaps of anyone in Kings Cross :D As long as I don't demean the subject, I see no reason not to take their photograph. If they object at the time, of course I back off. In my four years of taking candid shots, only on one occasion has someone objected and oddly enough, she was a street busker. Its always a tetchy subject especially photographing images of Muslim females in their hijab. But often I have been contacted by Muslim folk who view my PBase site who state that they love my work and express my thanks for showing images of Muslim woman with such sensitivity.

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Postby Alex on Mon May 01, 2006 10:17 pm

Great shot, Sheila. Nicely captured.

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Postby suzanneg on Mon May 01, 2006 10:17 pm

Beautiful woman and nicely captured moment.
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Postby SteveGriffin on Mon May 01, 2006 10:34 pm

As I know I have said before Sheila, I love your work and can only aspire to your level of professionalism and creativity
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon May 01, 2006 10:37 pm

It's not one of my favoured candids from you, but it's still lovely work, did you use the Zigview for this shot ?
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Postby Sheila Smart on Mon May 01, 2006 10:56 pm

Alpha_7 wrote:It's not one of my favoured candids from you, but it's still lovely work, did you use the Zigview for this shot ?


No, it was not really necessary. If you sit on the back of the Manly ferry as I do every afternoon, there are at least 10 people taking snaps of the Harbour.

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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon May 01, 2006 10:58 pm

Sheila Smart wrote:
Alpha_7 wrote:It's not one of my favoured candids from you, but it's still lovely work, did you use the Zigview for this shot ?


No, it was not really necessary. If you sit on the back of the Manly ferry as I do every afternoon, there are at least 10 people taking snaps of the Harbour.

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Arh, she reveals another of her trade secrets! Excellent idea blending in with other photographers, particularly tourist ones as no one seems to pay them much attention ;)
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Postby Sheila Smart on Mon May 01, 2006 11:28 pm

:D :D Another ferry candid - this time on the Darling Harbour ferry

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No Zigview - just the 24-105 f/4L IS plus tourists!!

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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon May 01, 2006 11:31 pm

Now that second shot! Is another Sheila Smart A+ candid, I hope you are going to participate in this months theme Street Photgraphy :)

(It might be worth some of us taking a few extra ferry rides) 8)
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Postby phillipb on Mon May 01, 2006 11:36 pm

I can see the ferries are going to be very crouded this month, Leek has announced this month's assignment as "Street candids" :)

Edit - beaten by Alpha7 again.
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Postby Sheila Smart on Mon May 01, 2006 11:52 pm

Alpha_7 wrote:Now that second shot! Is another Sheila Smart A+ candid, I hope you are going to participate in this months theme Street Photgraphy :)

(It might be worth some of us taking a few extra ferry rides) 8)


Thanks Craig. Can you point me in the direction of this month's theme as for the life of me, I cannot locate it :?

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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon May 01, 2006 11:55 pm

Sheila Smart wrote:
Alpha_7 wrote:Now that second shot! Is another Sheila Smart A+ candid, I hope you are going to participate in this months theme Street Photgraphy :)

(It might be worth some of us taking a few extra ferry rides) 8)


Thanks Craig. Can you point me in the direction of this month's theme as for the life of me, I cannot locate it :?

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Postby Sheila Smart on Tue May 02, 2006 3:39 pm

Thanks Craig. Took a few snaps today in the city.

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Postby ONV73C on Wed May 03, 2006 5:31 am

Sheila, the second shot is outstanding... i couldn't resist browsing your PBase site and i was truely blown away. Your photography is fantastic, very rich and full of character. Most impressive :wink:
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