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Old 20-09-10, 04:42 PM
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PS: and the smaller the lens in size (ie not your 400mm telephoto) the less intrusive you are!
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Old 20-09-10, 05:34 PM
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Well I now have the camera - need to get used to it first but after that I hope to be posting stuff here.
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Old 20-09-10, 05:41 PM
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Bluey71 what an interesting discussion point you have opened up. You obviously have a natural talent for looking at situations and interpreting them. My own imagination conjures up a Bonny and Clyde situation waiting for the sting to happen. Excellent imagination. As for the train thing - I totally know what you mean. As a commuter nearly everyday I was sitting next to the same chap and we didn't utter a word. Then one day he commented on me reading Photo Plus magazine. As I got off the train he said "Are you a Nikon girl or a Canon girl". This made me laugh. He too had an interest in photography. Now when we travel together we talk endlessly about photography techniques and we even look at shots on his lap-top. We e.mail occasionally and his sense of humour and imagination is delightful. We have even labelled one burly commuter as a fictious Policeman possibly of the Mounted Horse division because of his behaviours. Totally our imagination kicking in - we have no idea what this person's real profession is. Photography, art and imagination seem to go hand in hand and I love it.
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Old 20-09-10, 06:03 PM
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Yes I know what you mean - It's a question I find myself asking a lot about the other people I see either on a train or in a cafe etc. - What kind of life is their's? What sort of life is it?
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Old 20-09-10, 06:14 PM
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This is the stuff good novels are made of. Perhaps you should take up writing.
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HA! I always thought I was slightly weird just for thinking it, but it is a fascination nevertheless.
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Old 22-10-10, 11:05 AM
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Well, art is everything...everything is art...
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Well, the good news is I've heard on the grapevine that Santa might be upgrading my camera - so a beastie with Live View, Silent Shutter could be on its way to my camera bag. Now to enable these functions and trip the self timer - will anyone know I've taken their candid?
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Old 22-10-10, 12:45 PM
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I used to be really nervous about taking photographs of people but now just put the camera up to my eye and take it. I think if you put on an air of confidence and look like you know what you are doing that people will let it go. I also never make eye contact after the shot with anyone I have photographed. The only problem I ever had was with some guy playing the panpipes in my home town. He had lots of colour around him, a table and massive speakers etc but went ape when he saw me photographing him. Someone said he was probably either illegal or was drawing benefit and didnt want to be photographed.

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Old 22-10-10, 12:52 PM
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Seen this Andy?

http://opteka.com/optekavoyeurrighta...alcameras.aspx

Not sure how good it is.

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