The Observer

Posted by Luis A. De Jesus R. (Mexico City, Mexico) on 22 May 2008 in People & Portraits and Portfolio.

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Comments (11)

MahGol from Tehran, Iran

i like the composition. thanx.

22 May 2008 2:30am

@MahGol: Hello. Thanks for the visit and the comment.

zOOm from Paris, France

A dream : to be alone in a museum. Great perspective ! Wide angle ?

22 May 2008 1:30pm

@zOOm: Thanks for visiting, Zoom. As to the lens, yes. My favorite is my 10-20mm by Sigma. I also enjoy the shallow depth of field of a 1.8/f 50mm so I will be exploring a balance between the two worlds soon. More glass, though, means more money.

Baz from Teglia, United Kingdom

Another inspirational shot by Luis A. De Jesus R. !

22 May 2008 1:33pm

@Baz: Baz, Thanks!!!

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

Realy good image.

22 May 2008 1:46pm

@Alun Lambert: Thank you, Alun.

zOOm from Paris, France

It's funy, you kow, I have the same lenses as you ! :-)

22 May 2008 2:20pm

@zOOm: zOOm, we have good taste for lenses I guess :) Why do you use the lenses that you do have? Of those that you do have, which is your favorite?

Margie from Auckland, New Zealand

A wonderful image full of atmosphere. I love the reflections, you do black and white so well!

22 May 2008 2:35pm

@Margie: BW is my favorite, but I also wish to explore color more than I have. Thanks for the visit and comment.

Hoshisato from Ealing, United Kingdom

A very well thought out shot with the reflections and the position of the lonely spectator.

22 May 2008 2:42pm

@Hoshisato: Hoshisato, thank you for the visit and comment.

Laurie from Lincoln, United States

That is a cool image! I like the reflections on the floor as well as the black and white. Great job! =-)

22 May 2008 5:41pm

@Laurie: Laurie, thank you!

johnnyanne from United States

Wow. You can even see the haze on the floor created by the tracklights. Great job.

22 May 2008 11:33pm

@johnnyanne: Johnnyanne, Thanks for the visit. A big thanks for comment as well.

zOOm from Paris, France

To answer your question, I like close-ups more than anything, so that's why I often macro lenses such as a sigma 150 mm 2.8... but I also use my canon 70/300 mm for animals... my wide angle is mainly for architectural pictures... I scarcely do portraits (humans beeings do not interest me in photography)...

25 May 2008 7:04am

@zOOm: zOOm, thanks for the reply. I am considering such zoom lenses, but I feel I still need to perfect the use of the ones I already have. I´m experimenting on getting as close as possible to people in my street photography with the wide. When it comes to raw, candid work it gets very difficult. More than shy I am very --perhaps overly-- cautious about offending or scaring people. Mexico City is a very unsafe place and people have the tendency to mistrust. Journalist are not well seen in Mexico and the camera I use most of the time is a huge SLR. I am looking into a film rangefinder or a solid all-purpose high-res compact for street: the canon G9 or Sigma's new 14 megapixel compact seem like two worth trying.