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TonyCooper

bdcolen

Too busy, and subject too far off and not really prominent enough for my taste.

TonyCooper

I guess it depends on what you think the subject is. I see the subject
as the mass display of weaponry and that the sales clerk has to use a
a segway to cover all of the display. Busy is what I was trying to capture.
The man himself is incidental.

Not a particularly good image, though. I'll give you that.

It was a gun show, and not a welcoming place for photography. It was
a huge crowd of people who are very protective about their Second
Amendment rights, but not willing to allow me the right to photograph.

It was private property, but it wasn't the owners of the property who
objected; it was the members of the crowd and the exhibitors.

bdcolen

Just a thought...the overwhelming aspect of the gun display might better have been captured shooting close and wide along the vertical table on the left, with the camera down at gun level there. The guns would have filled the frame, and we would have seen Segwayman behind them, from the waist up. Not what you were aiming for ;-), but it might have worked a bit better. As to the 2nd Amendment, First Amendment conflict, why am I not surprised. If I haven't previously recommend it, folks might want to check out the photo book "Gun Owners and Their Guns," by Kyle Cassidy. Fascinating, no matter what your feelings about the topic.

TonyCooper

Not an excuse, but just an explanation. I was using a compact camera because my Nikon was too noticeable.
Even with the compact, many exhibitors and members of the crowd strongly objected to photographs, so I
was holding the camera at waist level and shooting blind without flash. Framing a photo the way you suggest
would have brought too much attention.

My compact is a Fuji F600exr chosen because it has manual settings, a 15X zoom, and shoots RAW. All reviews of the camera
say it is not good in low light. The reviewers were too kind. It is lousy in low light. But, I bought it as a "car
camera" to have with me at all times and not for low light conditions. It does fine in daylight.

bdcolen

See, it's easy to solve problems when one doesn't have the vaguest idea what the problems are. rofl Given the circumstances you were working with, you did a great job. clap

torags

Tony I found this to be very helpful shooting from the waist. Next time you order from Amazon you might like to include it on the free ship

http://www.amazon.com/Flat-Circular-Bubble-Level-Camera/dp/B005J2MWS2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1341849789&sr=8-2&keywords=camera+bubble

TonyCooper

torags wrote: »

Tony I found this to be very helpful shooting from the waist. Next time you order from Amazon you might like to include it on the free ship

http://www.amazon.com/Flat-Circular-Bubble-Level-Camera/dp/B005J2MWS2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1341849789&sr=8-2&keywords=camera+bubble

Thanks, but the camera I was using is a very small compact Fuji F600exr.
No hot shoe.