that 'cover' picture...

I was asked by some readers for the technical data and how this main landing page photo was taken.

ISO was set to 800, shutter speed at 1/100, pre-focussed with lens wide opened at f/4.0 giving me an approximate sharp focusing area of anything between 5ft and its surrounding area.

After setting my camera, all I had to do was to wait for the traffic to stop, walk across, bend down on one knee for that low angle, tilt the camera a little and took a few shots in quick succession.

At PP, I bumped up the contrast and saturation a bit and absolutely love the result.

street photography: some thoughts

Often time I am asked why I have such immense interest in street photography.

To be honest, I have not really thought about it...until recently.

If I may put it briefly in three sentences:

I think it tests my reactions yet calms my patience.

It allows me to see colours in monochrome (it's like seeing the colours of life even in black and white)

And, most importantly it tells a story before, during and after the picture is taken.