You never know who you'll find in any given train car. Sometimes you are lucky and find an interesting gentleman with piercing eyes basking in the flattering fluorescent train light. My daughter asked, "how did you get so creepily close?" That's your only choice in the close train quarters. I was especially lucky to find him on a short train ride the last day of the month when I had nothing much ready for the free study.
Wow. My first blue ribbon on a Free Study. It's a happy birthday gift for me.
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I'm curious to know if you generally, and specifically in this case, use a remote control for your camera, so the act of taking the image is less obvious to those around you?
I do not use a remote. I was standing with the camera hanging from the strap around my neck. My hands were resting on top. The camera is nearly silent.
I don't know how set up this is - but the expression and eyes are fantastic and emotive. 8
Not set up. Lucky candid.
Such an amazing shot. A poignant expression that left me curious about what he was thinking.
I'm curious to know if you generally, and specifically in this case, use a remote control for your camera, so the act of taking the image is less obvious to those around you?
Congratulations on a well deserved blue, Mark. Amazing candid, particularly considering the proximity. Thank god for chance encounters and small cameras.
On my very first photography workshop, my teacher told me that if you shoot an image where you can then count the subjects eyelashes, you've done a most excellent job. Well Mark, you've done just that!
Very brave shot. Can't believe it's your first blue in a FS was sure you'd already achieved that!
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