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Challenge: Henri Cartier-Bresson (Minimal Editing I)
Camera: Pentax K10D
Lens: Pentax FA 31mm f/1.8 AL Limited AF
Location: Home
Date: May 26, 2011
Aperture: f/2.4
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: May 26, 2011

 Many thanks to all who commented on this photo, at least a few got it:-)!
I felt like a stalker waiting around on the sidewalk for a lady with a bag to walk by and then I shot from the hip trying to be inconspicuous, hoping she wouldn't hear the shutter and clobber me with the bag.
I would like to get into street photography more but I feel like I'm invading people's personal space and so I do little of it. Maybe it would be easier in big cities but I don't like big cities.
I blurred the lady on purpose. I was shooting at iso1600 as it was and felt I needed as fast a shutter speed as possible because of the way I was holding the camera and to get 1/125 sec my aperture was f/2.4 so it was either the store front or her and I chose the store front because, well, I thought that was what HCB would have done:-).
To be honest I'm disappointed where the photo finished. I want to think that most just glanced at the photo and rated it low and I can live with that but I'm scared most people really did think it's a crappy photo.......and although it's no award winner I know, I think it did better than 89th:-).
My kid keeps telling me that the photo has to leap out at the viewer but I'd rather make the viewer work a bit........and score 89th, I guess:-).

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Place: 89 out of 97
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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
06/02/2011 12:54:44 PM
Bag Ladies... Ha!!! nice reflections and blur.
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 06/01/2011 07:50:32 AM
The lady being out of focus takes the edge of this for me I am afraid, its a shame because its so close to being a great shot with the sign and the human element.
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Nikon D5000
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
 05/29/2011 04:17:29 PM
Lady with bag... I get it, lol. Wish the focus was a bit sharper, though
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/27/2011 10:26:31 PM
I see you staked out a location and waited for the appropriate shot. Very good idea! Perhaps a bit off in the execution in that you'd want your bag lady (not just the sign) to be a bit more in focus if possible (though I do realize HCB didn't fret focus as much as DPC does). And given the lighting there, maybe shoot a third or half stop under? Love the reflections, though. Makes for a richly layered photograph. A location worth revisiting.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 05/27/2011 06:12:57 AM
Love the candid capture.

"Bag Ladies" :-)
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