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19-DEC-2004 Lonnit Rysher

* Rain Man

New York City

Again, just the sort of street photography I was after. Probably a hate it or love it kind of shot. I may be the only one loving it. ;)

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
1/6s f/4.5 at 60.0mm iso100 with Flash hide exif
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Date/Time19-Dec-2004 17:56:42
MakeCanon
ModelEOS 10D
Flash UsedYes
Focal Length60 mm
Exposure Time1/6 sec
Aperturef/4.5
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modepartial (6)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programmanual (4)
Focus Distance

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ctfchallenge20-Dec-2004 19:08
Thanks all. :)

Rod, that is exactly what I was thinking (and crediting you for) when I was posting the shot. I think the staticity comes from the fact that no arms are visable. I would have preferred greatly if he had held the umbrella in his left hand with a nice bent arm, but when doing drive by street shots you've got to take what you can get! LOL! As it was, it was a mob scene there and just isolating subjects was hard enough. I kept losing great shots b/c of others passing by in the opposite direction, traffic lights changing making hubby have to drive away, or people hording onto street corners just as I would be framing up my singles and pairs waiting to cross. I was happy as a clam just to have the rain! I LOVE LOVE LOVE shooting in the rain and I'd not got to do it at night before, nor in Manhattan before, so this was a big-time thrill. :)

~Lonnit
Shu20-Dec-2004 18:22
BTW, the figure on it's own, is interesting, but the pink granite and yellow window finish it off nicely. I'm drawn to shots like this. Shu
Shu20-Dec-2004 18:15
I love it, too!!! Shu
aam1234 20-Dec-2004 15:22
Very nice Lonnit.
Rod 20-Dec-2004 07:35
It's great that you're getting shots that you like, as it's more important than praise from other people. The shot seems a tad static for me I don't know why, maybe the bloke is too well lit for me to pick up a dynamic. This looks like a flash shot.