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This man was sitting on one of the stone benches in Verdi Square, at Broadway and 72nd St. He seems to have brought a brown-paper-bag lunch, and has an elaborate cast on his lower left leg, along with crutches ...
... meanwhile, a gaggle of twittering young school girls (okay, maybe college students, who knows?) in short skirts went traipsing by him, on his left. He couldn't help staring at them...
Note: this photo was published in an Aug 10, 2012 blog titled "Zuschüsse für gehbehinderter Menschen." And it was published in an Aug 11, 2012 blog titled "Baby Boomer Lessons Learned: the stuff no one bothered to tell us when we were younger."
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This is part of an evolving photo-project, which will probably continue throughout the summer of 2008, and perhaps beyond: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
For the most part, I've deliberately avoided photographing bums, drunks, homeless people, and crazy people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.
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Although the D800 is quieter than the D700 (and even quieter in Quiet mode), sometimes theater shooting requires a Camera Muzzle.
(I've added a Nikon MB-D12 battery grip to fill out the space in the muzzle, as well as a Kirk LP-45 lens plate to mate with the Kirk BH-3 ballhead on a Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 tripod — all quite light.)
Nikon D800 | Nikon 85/1.8G | ƒ2 | 1/80s | ISO6400 | Handheld
This is my father's photo kid.
We run almost all Europe with my dad before he passed away. His camera is still there as well as our memory of all the moments we spent together. Photo albums are now loosing bright but those times are still shinning in hour memories.
Love you dad.
(Inspired by [∑TH∆N])
+2 more in comments (I really didn't know which one to take)
I had to have this one because it's a Vega. My first car was a Chevrolet Vega (lucky me, huh?). "Praha" means Prague.
Testing Sony Alpha ZV-E10 Mirrorless Vlog Camera |&| Tamron 11-20mm f/2.8 Di III-A RXD Lens for Sony
Boasting a life-size 1:1 viewfinder with parallax corrected bright lines, build quality that rivals or even betters Leicas, and a very sharp Hexanon 48mm prime, Konica IIIA is definitely one of the best rangefinder cameras ever made. The double stroke advance/shutter cocking lever in the front definitely needs some time to get used to but adds to the characters of the camera. The rewind lever is elegantly placed on the left of the large viewfinder. The somewhat annoying EV locking mechanism can be disabled, allowing changing aperture and shutter speed freely at will. No meter - no problem - I do prefer the earlier meterless rangefinders over the later ones with ugly selenium meters (most of which are dead by now anyway), and by the time CdS meters became standard, the build quality of Japanese rangefinders dropped due to cost saving measures as well as consumers' demand for lighter bodies. My only real complaint for IIIA is that its quiet leaf shutter doesn't sound that sexy LOL.
Camp Aldershot Pancake Breakfast for the United Way
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20 July 2007
ALDERSHOT, Nova Scotia
Camp Aldershot civilian cook Jeff Marshall flips pancakes for the hungry folks who will be filing in shortly.
Every Friday morning, the camp serves up assorted pancakes to military and civilian workers in order to raise funds for the Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign for 2007.
Photo by Warrant Officer Jerry Kean, JTFA Public Affairs
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Le 20 juillet 2007
ALDERSHOT (Nouvelle Écosse)
Jeff Marchall, cuisinier civil au Camp Aldershot, tourne des crêpes pour les personnes affamées qui viendront bientôt manger.
Le camp sert une variété de crêpes aux militaires et au personnel civil tous les vendredis afin damasser des fonds pour la Campagne de charité en milieu de travail du gouvernement du Canada pour 2007.
Photo de lAdjudant Jerry Kean, Affaires publiques de la FOIA
Millions and millions of people have flocked through the doors of Madame Tussauds since they first opened over 200 years ago and it remains just as popular as it ever was. There are many reasons for this enduring success, but at the heart of it all is good, old-fashioned curiosity. Today’s visitors are sent on a unique, emotionally-charged journey through the realms of the powerful and famous. The museum-style ropes and poles have gone so guests can truly get up, close and personal with A-list celebrities, sporting legends, political heavyweights and historical icons, reliving the times, events and moments that made the world talk about them...
The attraction’s history is a rich and fascinating one, with roots dating back to the Paris of 1770. It was here that Madame Tussaud learnt to model wax likenesses under the tutelage of her mentor, Dr Philippe Curtius. At the age of 17, she became art tutor to King Louis XVI’s sister at the Palace Of Versailles and then, during the French Revolution, was hastily forced to prove her allegiance to the feudalistic nobles by making the death masks of executed aristocrats. Madame Tussaud came to Britain in the early 19th century alongside a travelling exhibition of revolutionary relics and effigies of public heroes and rogues.