Decisive moment?

[Ororaro]

The guy was calling the waiter and getting impatient.
That's what I call Leica decisive moment photography. Or maybe not? Your call, you decide. Yes? No?
Typical 35 1.4 pre-asph look.

 

[otaku]

looks like a decisive moment to me What happens next?

 

[foto_fool]

I like the element of the reflections: burly guy is either punching metro guy in the jaw or impatient guy in the head - or both. That's what I call decisive. But "guy-jumping-over-puddle" decisive? It's not. (BTW - )

- John

 

[marke]

Almost

Almost

Not bad, Ned. I find the reflections a distraction though .

 

[phatnev]

Sweet shot, I like the reflections quite a bit, adds depth

 

[wlewisiii]

I find your crop interesting... maybe you should have a Rollie instead of a Leica??? <G,D&R>



William

 

[MichaelHarris]

I shot one of those decisive moments the other night, it was a guy getting chewed out for not having the tickets I think.:

Nikon F3, Fuji Neopan 400

 

[wlewisiii]

Mr. Harris, that's very good. Thank you, very much, for sharing it.

William

 

[Ororaro]

I shot one of those decisive moments the other night, it was a guy getting chewed out for not having the tickets I think.:

I'm not sure. If you weren't explaining the pic I wouldn't have seen it. In fact, even now I'm not sure to see what you're explaining...

 

[dpetrzelka]

MichaelHarris - thanks for sharing the photo!

 

[Ororaro]

I find your crop interesting... maybe you should have a Rollie instead of a Leica??? <G,D&R>



William

Rollei wouldn't have cut it. SLR would have been a better tool then the Leica, for that scene. But more then the cropping and beyond the front subject and the reflections, this photo is about the guy being molested, outside the window...

 

[MichaelHarris]

Thanks everyone, sorry didn't mean to hijack a thread. This guy had to decide whether to buy tickets again or get yelled at. I had my M3 with me but I had loaded 100 speed film so I used the F3 because it had 400 speed. Both cameras had f1.4 lenses. I'll crawl back in my hole now

 

[Ororaro]

Michael, no probs with posting pics and sharing thoughts. A Forum is all about that.

Your pic is ok but without your explanation I wouldn't have seen anything interesting in it, not even by looking at it for a longer period of time. Now, if she'd have her hand waving in the air or if her mouth was more opened, suggesting she was yelling or mad, the pic would gain in power. As it is, I'm not even sure wihch couple is the subject: The one in the foreground or in the background?

Just trying to be constructive and expressing my thoughts...

 

[phatnev]

I saw what you were saying before reading anything but I agree with Ned a bit more expression would be good

 

[wlewisiii]

It's interesting how different people see different things. When I saw Mr. Harris' image my instant look was at that couple & thought "that boy's in deep doodoo...". No problem or questions for me.

William

 

[Keith]

I had a camera at our local cafe yesterday and spotted the guy out the front with the tripod ... and the coffee drinker reading the paper. When I developed the photo that I'd taken I realised I had caught a reflection in the mirror on the lower left ... it was the waitress from the cafe walking behind me. I had photographed her earlier and recognised the face straight away.

Decisive moment ... lucky moment ... call it what you want, it made the photo interesting for me as suddenly there was a third thing happening in the pic when I had assumed there was only two!

 

[MichaelHarris]

The subject is the couple in focus.

 

[Avotius]

I am a big fan of the moment too, I like prowling with my camera in search of those quarter seconds that dont show again. Here are a few of my "moments"

 

[javimm]

Avotius, you never cease to amaze me. What a great set of pics!!. Awesome, really.

 

[Chyn]

Avotius: Wonderful images, but that comorant photo really takes the cake.