ES May - Street Candid

[SteveGriffin]

John great choice of subject - no way he could catch you loaded up like that. Nice image BTW.

[Manta]

Hope he dries the salt water off that car key before he sticks it in the ignition...

[Alex]

Before the month is over. Here is my try.



Alex

[marcotrov]

I was going to have a go at this assignment but a couple of days ago while trying to capture a candid of a masseuse and her client in an open air market on the Cairns esplanade, with gorgeous late afternoon light streaming through the open-sided tent and I nearly had to make an emergency appointment with a proctologist to retrieve my camera. The incident scared me off having another attempt. Iwill pluck the courage and stealth to try candids once again
The old lady doing the massage took quite an exception to me when she saw me pointing the camera in her direction.
cheers
marco

[SteveGriffin]

Finally managed to capture a candid that didn't get me into trouble - or not yet at least.

Artificially Sweetened

[leek]

Wow... Top work Alex & Steve...

Alex, that portrait is excellent - she looks worried and I'm left wondering what she's fishing out of her handbag... Maybe a little more sharpening?

Steve, the look on the guy's face is sublime... and his waistline goes to show that everything they say about Diet-Coke may be true...

Sorry to hear of your bad experience Marco... Still a couple of days to go

[greencardigan]

Nice one Alex.

It looks slightly soft though. Might be fixed with a little sharpening.

[Alex]

Thanks, John and greencardigan

Yes, a little soft. I did not want to stop to catch her attention as I was fairly close so I kept walking while trying to shoot - not a good idea. I will try to apply more sharpening.

Cheers
Alex

[Sheila Smart]

There have been some great shots on this thread so far... glad to see that some people are pushing at their comfort barriers... I haven't had a chance to go out and take one of my own yet, but I hope to do so before the month is out...

I hope Sheila's thinking ahead for the theme for the new month of June

Thanks for the reminder, John! What subjects have we had so far?

Cheers
Sheila

[Charlie Chalk]

Good morning everyone

Not been around for a while.

I thought this image I took whilst over in Bulgaria earlier this month would apply:


Not spent a lot of time PP'ing it, having seen it on the web I think the compression is a bit off.

Hope your all well, just been looking at some of the pictures taken since I last visited the site - FANTASTIC!

Keep up the good work

CC

[Alpha_7]

Here is a shot from the streets of Nadi, not sure I got the treatment right but the character deserved being posted here before months end.

[Alex]

Great photo, Alpha. Really like this one.

Alex

[Alpha_7]

It was a challenging shot from a mini van, through tinted glass so I'm very glad this one worked, many others didn't due to the speed of the van or the lack of focusing speed of the lens.

[Zeeke]

Medieval Fair Candid... he wasnt expecting me to be pointing a camera at him.. hope its good enuf..



Tim

[leek]

Thanks for the reminder, John! What subjects have we had so far?

Just did a quick search to refresh my memory...

So far we have had:
- Blue
- Let There Be Light
- Broken
- Reflection
- Botany
- Structure
- Self Portrait
- Street Candid

[ONV73C]

This was taken at Darling Harbour last week.... A student asleep on the warf steps.

[sirhc55]

That looks like Wendell’s double

[Geoff]

His glasses are intact tho

[whiz]

mmmmmm........
I'll have to think long and hard about this one.
Not sure if this is something I personally would do - probably not - don't feel 'right' about taking a shot of someone when they aren't aware, and then posting on an international forum..... an intentional invasion of privacy to me
Rel

Sorry. I can't help but reply to this.
Anyone who expects that their "privacy" can be protected ON A PUBLIC STREET seriously needs to consider what privacy means.
YOU, blacknstormy, need to be realistic in terms of what kinds of moralistic behaviour you're going to put up with from other people.
People have the right to be upset if they want to be. I have the right to find out what makes them upset.
Who is correct here?

Bring on the photos!
Time to dust off the 500mm Mirror lens..

[mark]

This was taken at Main Beach Byron Bay earlier this month. No bonus points here though, taken at 270mm cause I'm a chicken!

[Dug]

Am I to late?

Sorry this was just taken and processed What is the problem people have with getting up close and personal with people in the street?

You get to meet the best people that way!