Capture a Stranger

[Ballen Photo]

Here is one of irony.

You mean the young couple chatting away, while the homeless guy sleeps on the sidewalk within a couple of feet from them? Yeah, I'd say so.
Nice catch.
-Bruce

[SmartWombat]

So what did you clone out in the bottom left corner ?

[jgredline]

So what did you clone out in the bottom left corner ?

There was a trash can there. In the printed version, I left it in, but this was a quick clone (bad) job. My PP skills stink, so I need to hope my image is good to begin with.

[Greg McCary]

I saw a lot of that in Atlanta Javier. Nice place to visit but... You know the rest.

[jgredline]

This image I have printed and hung on my wall as a reminder to me, that the homeless fellow in the street could easily be me...My Son and I have tried to make it out weekly to go feed a family we befriended at one of the Parks. We go there once or twice a week and take them food, blankets, what ever we can with in our means. Even this fellow, we bought a meal for..While it is only one meal and we can only do so much, a one time gesture sometimes is a lifetime of blessings for some...

I have made many friends in the streets over the years and I will tell you what. you should see their faces light up when I present them of pictures of themselves...
Let me back track. When I first started going out street shooting, my eyes where opened up to world often seen but ignored. After a while I would go out with food to hand out.. (money is not a good thing to give away, as it causes problems) then I would take the occasional snap shot of one, then another and another. I would go home and print them and put them in cheap little frames...I take them back to those folks and give them a picture of themselves and I remind them that they are people and are not junk..That they do matter...To see how happy they get to see a picture of themselves is a blessing...Usually, I look for family's with kids and or the women to help first...

Anyway, that image reminded me of what a blind world we live in. Even after we gave that fellow a bottle of water and a couple of king taco, tacos, those other two folks kept on going about there business in Ritzy old town Pasadena...Now I am not knocking those two folks, or anyone for that matter..Not all are called to do this, but I do feel we can all help in a little way...but I digress..

Don't mean to hijack the thread, but just to share the story of this picture...

[Greg McCary]

I know Javier. I gave every last dime a had away that day and even a bag of Choclate candy bars. I even cleaned out my ash tray of change. But I don't always carry a lot of cash with me anyway. I saw one take some money though and head for a gambling machine in a store too. But I agree helping others is the way to be.

[Greg McCary]

One more....

[SmartWombat]

Couldn't resist this one - a future driver maybe ?

[jgredline]

Hey, could almost be Rosbergs kid.

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[Bakerman35]

I was riding my bicycle and got this as I was going by.

[jgredline]

Here are a few taken with the K10D and Sigma 135-400 and Tamron 1.4TC-mc4 ...

Exif data should be intact.
All images are resized only. No cropping, no PP, at all..This is how they came out of the box.

I spotted this beauty from a distance.


So I started to walk in her direction...


Then she turned around and I took another quick grab shot...


After getting chased away by the ''PRO'' shutterbugs, I made my way around to a distant pier AND the hunt was on and so I shot her again...


Busted, but she approved and kept smiling for me as I kept shooting....


One more with a tight crop.


Here is another one. This one was a tough shot. Shooting at very long range and shooting from the sunlight into to the shadows...

[jgredline]

The polarizer had an unusual affect....I used it on a wide angle 28mm F/2.8 tokina on film...I rather like it.

[rylan]

here is my first contribution to this thread!
shot with the Canon 300L f/4 from across the harbour in Prince Edward Island Canada!

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[Greg McCary]

here is my first contribution to this thread!
shot with the Canon 300L f/4 from across the harbour in Prince Edward Island Canada!

Welcome and thanks for playing....

[DrRoebuck]

Welcome and thanks for playing....

That is awesome.

[Greg McCary]

That is awesome.

Thanks Doc

[jgredline]

[Tyson L. Sparks]

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[shootme]

Some great shots, here's my contribution.

[Ballen Photo]

here's my contribution.

As portraits go, Your image in the upper left turned out "Great"! Is this a cropped version?
-Bruce

[shootme]

Hi Bruce, yes all 3 shots are cropped as I don't like to get to close when I take a shot of someone I don't know. Thanks for your feedback

[Old Timer]

One from a Civil War encampment Saturday.