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Posts: 1403 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 September 2008 at 10:28
Thanks rosie,worth getting my lens wet !
 



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Originally posted by RosieA100 RosieA100 wrote:

As for everyone else, this assignment is supposed to be open to discussion... do you all agree with me on the last few or what????

Since no-one else has replied... I think Sue's photo is at the same level of "decisiveness" as HCB's puddle pic, in that both Sue and M Bresson presumably saw the potential in the scene and waited for the human presence to complete the picture. I would pass it but it would fail on the hardline criteria postulated earlier in this thread (as the event could be anticipated) - but as others have said, the hardline approach would disallow all but lucky chance shots - and by their very nature you're unlikely to be thinking of this assignment when a lucky chance arises.
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after a very long time looking for an opportunity for this challenge I think I finally got it. I was at the market, and caught this guy in what I think is a decisive moment.



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Posts: 4824 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 February 2009 at 22:44
as soon as I saw this I could hear him saying to himself... "the bananas or the alfalfa..." love how the tongue action helps with the whole scenario - well seen and well done!!

Anyone else have a comment????
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That could almost be called a indecisive moment ...having been there and done that many times I know exactly what is going through his mind
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I was playing with a flash diffuser I made out of some thin foam from the craft store. It's a great diffuser for indoors - really softens the light output from my Sony HVL-F56AM.

But this thread isn't about flashes or axillary lighting.

I think this is a good decisive moment.

Just shooting away at my son who was playing by the TV.


Here's the 100% crop:


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Posts: 4824 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 July 2009 at 07:04
Great pic Darren but I don't know what is going on... is he dribbling??? What is the decisive moment???
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The decisive moment is him caught mid-sneeze by the camera, hence the drool shooting out of his mouth - or what I want to believe is drool. ;)

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Posts: 1666 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 July 2009 at 09:18

How about this one for a "decisive moment?"

100mm Macro f2.8 (MinO) 1/200 800 ISO


or, how about an "indecisive moment?"

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Edited by mstaben - 17 July 2009 at 09:31

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Darren ok, that is something you couldn't predict - which is the idea of a "decisive moment" or at least how I see it, well caught!

Matt on the other hand, your photos (to me) don't seem to capture an impulsive or decisive moment. They are what they are, lovely captures of choreographed dancers going through their moves.
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Posts: 1966 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 September 2009 at 14:20
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1/50th sec., f/11 @ I35mm, ISO 200


Edited by Shercando - 09 September 2009 at 14:21
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Posts: 35126 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 September 2009 at 14:48
It's a pity the guy in black isn't sharp, but all the poses together work quite well. Almost seems he's eavesdropping w/o wanting to hear what the ladies are talking about
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Posts: 1966 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 September 2009 at 15:13
The magician is not supposed to be in focus. Being out of focus shows how oblivious the ladies are to his performance. Let the photo speak for itself. If everyone in the photo was in focus it would kill the effect.
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Posts: 35126 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 September 2009 at 15:22
OK, see what you're saying. Still might have helped to get the two ladies in prime focus then, and not the railing/people further in the background.
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