I like this photo of the man with the elephants on his shirt, but it's just going to live on my hard drive forever and ever because of the mistakes. The thing that irritates me most about the photo is how his cap in connected to the black car in the distance. This could have been avoided if I had stood on my tippy-toes (not easy) or if I had stepped slightly to the right. Stepping to the right would have also taken care of the second thing I dislike about the photo - the close distance between the bicycle and the utility pole.
But there are things I like about the picture. The woman on the far left didn't get cut off by the frame. That was just luck because I didn't notice her when I was making the picture. I did notice the car going through the intersection and timed the photo so that it would fit neatly between the frame and the pole.
And I like the man's shirt.
Busy, dynamic scenes like this are really challenging to get everything where you want them. You need to be Matrix-like (?) and freeze the action while you step about - and that's not easy ;)
ReplyDeleteYou're right. And I think becoming good at this sort of photo is for people less timid than I.
DeleteI remember reading a comment by Don McCullin, to the effect that if you were going to be a photographer you needed to get comfortable carrying and using a camera in all situations. He’s right of course. I still struggle but maybe less so as I get older. Who cares?
DeleteI like Don McCullin. I saw a documentary sponsored by Canon where they give him a nice Canon DSLR and he makes pictures with it in France (I think) and India. He said chimping was a bad thing to do because you're likely to miss a number of photos while you're looking at the back of your camera. He said nice things about digital photography, but I don't know if he really meant them or not. He had a guy from Canon to do all the computer stuff for him, lucky bastard.
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