Coward

Ted Szukalski

so after a dramatic post something a lot easier to swallow.

After being called a coward by Mr. Petteri Sulonen for using the telephoto lens I decided to try the other end of the focal length today.


This is a common scene in Sydney a still pose artist somewhere where tourists gather:

So, how close can you get to get a good portrait. This coward got to less than a foot away:

Full images here:
Full posture photo of a still artist in blue

Portait of the sill artist in blue

wxwax

Very cool outfit.

Why coward?

Nikolai

Ted posted a couple of anti-war protest shots

wxwax wrote:

Very cool outfit.

Why coward?

...and specifically pointed that he had no business neither with the protest, nor against it, and it was purely photo-op.
Well, as we all know, reading is hard, so some folks started a flame about impossibility to be neither-nor, and one of them even went as far as to call Ted a "coward" - just because he used his 200mm lens
It's all at Ted's site...
Cheers!

PS
I wonder, what would it make of me if I dare to use 400mm plus 1.4 TC in a similar situation? Total and ultimate yellowbelly?

System

Ted, the only coward is the guy that didn't take the pic or was afraid to post it in public.

Seefutlung

In regards to coward ... I see it as a call for the 10-22 (that's what I would have used - lol)

mghaner

Great "comeback" Ted
I like the shot on this one as well. The comment on the other photo (the protest) got me spinning for sure. It should not have gotten to me and I should have just let it go. I am glad to see you address the issue with this shot. I am glad that comments such as that do not show up here on this forum very often.

Ted Szukalski

Thanks for looking. I do need to stress - they were not my comments but an account of what happened. Do I as a photographer not take the shot because the "content" is uneasy? I feel it is better to know what people think about me than pretend everything is always right.

Separate issue is where toi show these images as I found out. In contrast to other forum dGrin has proven most mature about this.

mghaner wrote:

I like the shot on this one as well. The comment on the other photo (the protest) got me spinning for sure. It should not have gotten to me and I should have just let it go. I am glad to see you address the issue with this shot. I am glad that comments such as that do not show up here on this forum very often.

mghaner

I was speaking about the comments about being a coward, not your comments. I thought you were right on the spot with the pics and the comments. I did not like the comments made by the person on the other forum as it was not written as a CC but just a personal attack.

Ted Szukalski wrote:

Thanks for looking. I do need to stress - they were not my comments but an account of what happened. Do I as a photographer not take the shot because the "content" is uneasy? I feel it is better to know what people think about me than pretend everything is always right.

Separate issue is where toi show these images as I found out. In contrast to other forum dGrin has proven most mature about this.

fire1035

But what are you going to do Ted. Screw that guy. Let him think what he wants. You know the truth in your heart and that is what counts.

Seefutlung

Would liked to have seen this with a longer focal length lens.