Coward

[Ted Szukalski]

so after a dramatic post something a lot easier to swallow.

After being called a coward by Mr. Petteri Sulonen for using the telephoto lens I decided to try the other end of the focal length today.


This is a common scene in Sydney a still pose artist somewhere where tourists gather:
http://www.digital-photo.com.au/gallery/d/725-2/Still-Pose-In-Blue-IMG_4239.jpg (http://www.digital-photo.com.au/v/People/Street+Photography/Still-Pose-In-Blue-IMG_4239.jpg.html)

http://www.dpreview.com/images/one.gif

So, how close can you get to get a good portrait. This coward got to less than a foot away:

http://www.dpreview.com/images/one.gifhttp://www.digital-photo.com.au/gallery/d/723-2/Still-Artist-Blue-Portrait-IMG_4241.jpg (http://www.digital-photo.com.au/v/People/Street+Photography/Still-Artist-Blue-Portrait-IMG_4241.jpg.html)


http://www.dpreview.com/images/one.gif
Full images here:
Full posture photo of a still artist in blue
(http://www.digital-photo.com.au/v/People/Street+Photography/Still-Pose-In-Blue-IMG_4239.jpg.html)
Portait of the sill artist in blue (http://www.digital-photo.com.au/v/People/Street+Photography/Still-Artist-Blue-Portrait-IMG_4241.jpg.html)

[wxwax]

Very cool outfit.

Why coward?

[Nikolai]

Very cool outfit.

Why coward?

...and specifically pointed that he had no business neither with the protest, nor against it, and it was purely photo-op.
Well, as we all know, reading is hard, so some folks started a flame about impossibility to be neither-nor, and one of them even went as far as to call Ted a "coward" - just because he used his 200mm lens :D
It's all at Ted's site...
Cheers!

PS
I wonder, what would it make of me if I dare to use 400mm plus 1.4 TC in a similar situation? Total and ultimate yellowbelly? :rofl

[truth]

Ted, the only coward is the guy that didn't take the pic or was afraid to post it in public.

[Seefutlung]

In regards to coward ... I see it as a call for the 10-22 (that's what I would have used - lol)

[mghaner]

I like the shot on this one as well. The comment on the other photo (the protest) got me spinning for sure. It should not have gotten to me and I should have just let it go. I am glad to see you address the issue with this shot. I am glad that comments such as that do not show up here on this forum very often.

[Ted Szukalski]

Thanks for looking. I do need to stress - they were not my comments but an account of what happened. Do I as a photographer not take the shot because the "content" is uneasy? I feel it is better to know what people think about me than pretend everything is always right.

Separate issue is where toi show these images as I found out. In contrast to other forum dGrin has proven most mature about this.

I like the shot on this one as well. The comment on the other photo (the protest) got me spinning for sure. It should not have gotten to me and I should have just let it go. I am glad to see you address the issue with this shot. I am glad that comments such as that do not show up here on this forum very often.

[mghaner]

I was speaking about the comments about being a coward, not your comments. I thought you were right on the spot with the pics and the comments. I did not like the comments made by the person on the other forum as it was not written as a CC but just a personal attack.


Thanks for looking. I do need to stress - they were not my comments but an account of what happened. Do I as a photographer not take the shot because the "content" is uneasy? I feel it is better to know what people think about me than pretend everything is always right.

Separate issue is where toi show these images as I found out. In contrast to other forum dGrin has proven most mature about this.

[fire1035]

But what are you going to do Ted. Screw that guy. Let him think what he wants. You know the truth in your heart and that is what counts. :thumb

[Seefutlung]

Would liked to have seen this with a longer focal length lens.