a busker

AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
edited January 23, 2005 in Landscapes
found this cool guitarist in the london underground, yesterday. shot with my 1Ds Mark II and 16-35 f/2.8L aboard. iso 400, f/4, 1/40th sec.

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enjoy (busker) photography,
Andy

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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited January 7, 2005
    Sweet, as usual Andy
    Interesting subject, very nice composition and perfectly exposed. I would expect no less thumb.gif How are all of our friends in London? More importantly, how's the food?

    So are you getting any work done, in between shoots? It must be nice having a job the sends you all over the world and let's you shoot all those pics. That's the job I want when I grow up rolleyes1.gif


    Yeah, you're right. There's very little chance that I will ever grow up. I'm sort of a Peter Pan trapped in a dumpy old man's body :lol


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  • lynnmalynnma Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 5,208 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2005
    andy wrote:
    found this cool guitarist in the london underground, yesterday. shot with my 1Ds Mark II and 16-35 f/2.8L aboard. iso 400, f/4, 1/40th sec.



    enjoy (busker) photography,
    wonderful as usual.. feels like I'm there Andy..love the composition..clap.gif
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  • Tim KirkwoodTim Kirkwood Registered Users Posts: 900 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2005
    Andy,


    Great shot! Very well exposed. Not sure I have heard the term busker, wanna explain?:D


    Hope you post more of london for us to see!
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2005
    Very nice, great balance and a nice subject.
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2005
    Tim Kirkwood wrote:
    Andy,


    Great shot! Very well exposed. Not sure I have heard the term busker, wanna explain?:D


    Hope you post more of london for us to see!

    hi tim - thanks

    "busker" is a street performer :D
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  • snapapplesnapapple Registered Users Posts: 2,093 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2005
    Nice shot
    Did you stand there and wait for some people to walk by and get in the perfect spot to balance your composition? :D And then there were no other bodies cluttering up the background. ISO 400 - so no flash, just natural light, huh? Tripod? RAW of course. Anyway, nice exposure. Say Andy, I see you're in London again. What do you do for a living? If I may ask. You sure travel around a lot. Great way to see the world, but you can't be home a whole lot of the time. Has plusses and minuses, I guess. How about the food? Did you have anything good? We've been talking about your food shots. More please.
    Thanks for sharing.
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2005
    snapapple wrote:
    Did you stand there and wait for some people to walk by and get in the perfect spot to balance your composition? :D And then there were no other bodies cluttering up the background. ISO 400 - so no flash, just natural light, huh? Tripod? RAW of course. Anyway, nice exposure. Say Andy, I see you're in London again. What do you do for a living? If I may ask. You sure travel around a lot. Great way to see the world, but you can't be home a whole lot of the time. Has plusses and minuses, I guess. How about the food? Did you have anything good? We've been talking about your food shots. More please.
    Thanks for sharing.

    hiya snappy :D thanks for the kind comments!

    yes, iso 400, no flash - handheld. i stood there for about five minutes, taking three pics in all. this was the last one... yeah, i waited for these people to walk by. i had two with people walking at me, and i didn't like them as much. shot in raw, yes... i only shoot in raw, it gives me total control over the exposure and white balance.

    believe it or not, i'm a corporate type lol3.gif i'm the head of worldwide field operations for a software company, we provide analytic software to wall street firms. it's really just an excuse for me to travel about and shoot, really deal.gifplus it really helps that the ceo of the firm, to whom i report, is a photographer also....

    food? i'm on the south beach diet, baby! :puke1
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  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    Nice shot andy, did you find your way to the markets and food stalls in Camden??
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    gubbs, re camden town
    gubbs wrote:
    Nice shot andy, did you find your way to the markets and food stalls in Camden??


    take a lookie here

    and, thanks :D
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  • obelixobelix Registered Users Posts: 165 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2005
    andy wrote:
    found this cool guitarist in the london underground, yesterday. shot with my 1Ds Mark II and 16-35 f/2.8L aboard. iso 400, f/4, 1/40th sec.



    enjoy (busker) photography,
    Great composition, Andy.
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2005
    thanks anand ...and
    obelix wrote:
    Great composition, Andy.

    everyone else i may have missed :D
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2005
    A seriously good shot there. Fine composition as per your norm. Its good to see that you are retaining all that stuff I taught you. :roll


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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited January 23, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    A seriously good shot there. Fine composition as per your norm. Its good to see that you are retaining all that stuff I taught you. :roll


    Harry

    hey harry - thanks for looking :D
    Andy

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