That Which Was Behind Me: I was walking down the street in Brownsville, Texas, and impulsively stopped, turned around, snapped a shot from the hip, turned back, and continued walking...

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Sep 7, 2017 06:50:07 #

Voss

I was walking down the street in Brownsville, Texas, and impulsively stopped, turned around, snapped a shot from the hip, turned back, and continued walking, all in the space of a couple seconds. What you see is essentially the entire frame, so I couldn't crop it to vertical. A true "grab" shot. Had no idea what it looked like until I got it on the computer. (The zoom was at 20 mm and the camera set at full auto: f8 at 1/250 sec.)

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Sep 7, 2017 07:53:41 #

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

Turned out good!!!
No reaction to the camera.
Pat

Sep 7, 2017 08:16:58 #

AZNikon Loc: Mesa, AZ

Outstanding, plus a solution to getting more faces! Well done!

Sep 7, 2017 09:45:05 #

SATS Loc: Belgium

You got a spontaneous interplay between the girls. If Garry Winogrand can get away with a bit of skew, I don't see why you can't also. Good one.

Sep 7, 2017 10:34:45 #

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

SATS wrote:

You got a spontaneous interplay between the girls. If Garry Winogrand can get away with a bit of skew, I don't see why you can't also. Good one.

So true. It looks much like a classic Winogrand shot. Not only did he not care much about level horizons, he was immune to face on scenes where he would get his shot before anyone could react. Then, regardless of how people did react, Winogrand ignored them as if either they were not there or he had never seen them. His physical looks, personality, and social presence allowed him to do that in a way that few can get away with.

Joel Meyerowitz was then, and still is, perhaps even more able than Winogrand. But consider the methods of Bruce Gilden for an opposite method to the same end.

Sep 7, 2017 16:38:30 #

Voss

Jay Pat wrote:

Turned out good!!!
No reaction to the camera.
Pat

Thanks, Pat. Don't think there was enough time for it to register with them.

Sep 7, 2017 16:39:06 #

Voss

bobbennett wrote:

Outstanding, plus a solution to getting more faces! Well done!

Thanks, Bob. It did get some faces.

Sep 7, 2017 16:39:48 #

Voss

SATS wrote:

You got a spontaneous interplay between the girls. If Garry Winogrand can get away with a bit of skew, I don't see why you can't also. Good one.

Thanks, SATS.

Sep 8, 2017 07:28:16 #

dragonfist Loc: Stafford, N.Y.

Such natural expressions. I rather liked the skewed frame. It adds rather than detracts from the scene. After all rules are made to be broken. Was there any particular reason you decided to spin around at that moment and take a shot?

Sep 8, 2017 08:18:07 #