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Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: At the Colosseum in Rome
Galleries: Black and White, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Aug 21, 2006

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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 07/29/2007 10:22:36 AM
Great capture!
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 10/22/2006 04:35:18 AM
I hate to tell you this, but this woman is possibly a professional beggar. She is probably quite well off and sharfes her dividends with others in her troup. I have been to Rome many times and am of Italian descent and have spoken to my relatives many times and am told, bands of gypsies have expensive villas on the coast and use their children and elderly to gain funds. You see these people all over Rome. One such person was using a pin to torture her child under a blanket.

I was in Rome a year ago, but in my 2002 visit, I photographed what looks like this same woman near the Coloseum...will try and upload the shot when I can
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Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera
Nikon MF Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 AIS
 09/22/2006 10:05:30 AM
The street beggars (and homeless) are, probably, the easiest and cheapest shots of the street photography. They are right there, in all their scrubbiness, usually don't mind or even notice others taking pictures of them, and the image is almost guaranteed to tickle the senses of the viewer. The impact of this photograph comes from the feeling of guilt of the viewer towards the street beggar. It does not come from the photographer's work.
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Nikon D300s
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon
 08/24/2006 06:45:15 PM
I like the position of the beggar in a such a hunched over position, I find the the people a little distracting but I do think they add a nice element to the photo. The only other thing I wish is that you had a waited a slpit second longer so that the person was completely framed by the doorway.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 08/22/2006 02:55:34 AM
very interesting!! i like the mystery of not being able to see her face. i think this shot would have been stronger without the people in the background though. perhaps crop them out??
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