Posted by Andrew Gould (Sydney, Australia) on 14 April 2008 in People & Portraits and Portfolio.
Taken this morning, Monday April 14th (10:51am), in the Sydney city centre.
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What a good image
14 Apr 2008 7:51am
Wonderful, great image!
14 Apr 2008 7:58am
Oh man, this is one fantastic candid moment, it's exquisite...
Perfect portrait! Excellent DOF and composition. Excellent tones. Perfect body language. Love the lines in the walkway. All around excellence!
14 Apr 2008 9:41am
Splendid life-style image. As I've mentioned to others, monochrome is so powerful, easily seen here. And great selective focus. Great photo.
14 Apr 2008 9:55am
@Observing: Thanks a lot. This did look much more powerful to me in black and white when I transformed it with Photoshop CS3's black and white converter. The dog was black and white, anyway, but the people's clothes in the background were quite distracting, as was the brown stonework of the cathedral.
Well seen. I like how the shadow and light on the ground reflects the dog's black and white coat =D)
Dan
14 Apr 2008 10:12am
Great moment you caught here and what a pair!
14 Apr 2008 11:27am
The perfect symbiosis - and the dog is the attentive one :)
14 Apr 2008 2:07pm
Great shot, the composition is incredible, and the story this picture conveys is just fantastic. Great work Andrew.
14 Apr 2008 3:11pm
Preciosa composicion
14 Apr 2008 3:34pm
una foto de cazador.marcando los planos,para dar la importancia necesaria a cada elemento. los dos sujetos protagonistas parece que esten posando para tí. buena imagen!!
por cierto que tal el sigma con estabilizador??
14 Apr 2008 4:40pm
@elmenut: Gracias por el comentario. Para mí el Sigma es perfecto para mis propósitos. Muchas veces cuando tengo el zoom en 18mm para sacar fotos generales de la calle, sale de repente un sujeto interesante como en este caso y no tendría tiempo para cambiar lentes. Encuentro la calidad óptica del Sigma suficiente, especialmente cuando uso el Smart Sharpen de Photoshop.
excellent street shot! well captured portrait, great composition & DOf too.
14 Apr 2008 10:45pm
Beautiful shot!
15 Apr 2008 2:47am
What a character . . and the guy looks like he could tell a tale or two, too! Super candid streetshot.
15 Apr 2008 7:11pm
Such a nice candid shot! i like your B/W choice!
16 Apr 2008 8:19am
I saw this image after the one posted on the next day. This is even more beautiful as a B&W shot. Congratulations!
16 Apr 2008 4:02pm
I like this image, in large part because of the contrast between the figures in the fore- and background -- the different between people who seem carefree and the man in the front who seems a little worn down. Very well seen.
20 Apr 2008 6:30am
@GJC: Thanks for your very perceptive comment, because I can see you're right about the contrast with the background figures. I must admit that I wasn't aware of that when I took it, but the body language makes it quite clear. A happy accident!
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