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Challenge: Street Photography In Color (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: Jul 12, 2009
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Humorous, Street
Date Uploaded: Jul 12, 2009

 [Jul. 20th, 2009 07:18:44 PM]

I had gone out with the intention of finding something for this challenge as I've been doing a lot of street photography lately and definitely didn't want to miss this one!

I came across a colourful demonstration and took about 300 shots of that. I was just on the way home with my camera over my shoulder when I looked across the road and saw the girl walking into this scene!

I snatched the camera up as fast as possible, no time to check any of the settings and fired off about 4 shots before she left the scene. This was the first one!

I was going to stick around and get some more but I figured I would have something good from the demonstration for the challenge, but when I looked at them on the computer I knew straight away this was the one I was going to enter!

Post Challenge:

YAY!!! My first ribbon and a new personal best! Can't believe how tense I was sitting waiting for rollover.

Thanks all for the votes and comments! Much appreciated!

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 137
Avg (all users): 6.6044
Avg (commenters): 7.2308
Avg (participants): 6.2759
Avg (non-participants): 6.7186
Views since voting: 4928
Views during voting: 404
Votes: 225
Comments: 28
Favorites: 7 (view)

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 07/28/2009 01:59:04 AM
Congratulations on your first ribbon and a new PB. This is was one of my favourites in the challenge. Look forward to seeing more of your stuff ribboning in the future. :)
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 07/26/2009 06:37:15 PM
Great score for a grab shot! What a superb combination of elements and timing you captured with this one.
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 07/22/2009 05:51:30 PM
Excellent - I knew you'd do well!! And congratulations on the ribbon!!
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 07/22/2009 01:22:44 PM
Hilarious shot and title! Congrats on the ribbon!
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 07/22/2009 11:17:27 AM
I absolutely love this picture. Great concept. Great Capture! Congrats on your new ribbon!
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 07/22/2009 08:15:48 AM
Congrats on your first ribbon
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 07/22/2009 05:14:10 AM
Congrats! A Great capture for sure.
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 07/22/2009 02:18:00 AM
Hey congrats on your first ribbon and a PB, Iain! : )
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 07/22/2009 01:16:55 AM
Congratulations on the ribbon and PB Iain
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 07/22/2009 12:52:31 AM
Bravo!!!
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 07/22/2009 12:51:54 AM
Way to go, I gave it a 7.
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 07/22/2009 12:38:54 AM
Big congrats on your 1st ribbon!!!! Wonderful shot with wonderful colors
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 07/22/2009 12:26:30 AM
Great seeing. Excellent juxtaposition.
Congratulations.
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 07/22/2009 12:15:42 AM
Congrats on your first ribbon, I called it :P
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/21/2009 10:30:53 PM
Great catch! Great title for it!
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 07/21/2009 09:03:23 PM
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 07/21/2009 04:12:34 PM
Great placement of the walker with the exclamation point. Nice timing.
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 07/21/2009 05:56:49 AM
very nice (how long did you have to stand there before the right composition came?)-9
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 07/19/2009 08:00:55 PM
Colorful, well framed and great timing!
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 07/18/2009 01:52:52 AM
Perfect placement of the passerby! The colors are nice and bright, but not over-saturated. My pick for a ribbon.
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 07/17/2009 08:05:45 PM
Pretty cool use of the background. :-) I wonder how long you had to wait for someone to walk by just right? :-)
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 07/17/2009 12:17:24 PM
Good catch.
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 07/16/2009 08:01:25 PM
brilliant
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 07/16/2009 08:08:37 AM
Excellent photo, but the border is too intrusive as it's trying to be a part of the image and drags my attention away from your subject.
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 07/15/2009 08:23:18 AM
Classic street photo. A little too saturated and a little too dark on the person making her blend in with the background. Nice shot overall!
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 07/15/2009 02:53:58 AM
aaaah...sooo close. One more step! Great image though
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 07/15/2009 01:27:30 AM
Ribbons! 10
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 07/15/2009 12:52:09 AM
wow what great art! if only the speach bubble was the other way round
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