I decided to hang out where a lot of people were passing by, set the f-stop to 1.8, ISO 200, shooting aperture priority mode and I knew I would have no problem with the shutter speed since there was plenty of light available. When it comes to street photography, I love to use shallow depth of field (usually f/1.2 or f/1.8). I lowered my head, closed my eyes and started shooting in continuos mode for about 5 minutes like crazy hoping that I would hit an interesting target that is in focus. The background is a bit cluttered but I found it to be part of the charm in this challenge.
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congrats, Allen! the sharpness is amazing for such a wide-open aperture capture without looking - did you get lucky or you used an automatic focusing on a nearest subject or something like that?
eta: oops, I just read your comments, I see now, you just chose the one in focus from a series. That's the third possibility I did not consider :)
The title is awful! LOL! I'm sure you've already heard not to explain your image in the title... I do love the image. It doesn't even need an explanation. :D 7
Closed eyes, hence imperfect background and more real
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