This post was inspired by Tigger's shot of the library and waiting for people to disappear from the shot.
I have spent countless hours and hours waiting for people to clear the shot, so that I can capture the image without people. My tolerance only goes so far and then I get a bit grumpy and impatient and usually Mrs C brings me back to earth and quite rightly points out that they have a right to be there. I still secretly wish for a Barrett 50 calibre sniper rifle though!
However, on this particular shot, I could see the storm clouds gathering in the background, with the foreground still nicely lit before the rain came and often in these conditions, there is the possibility of a rainbow. And then the coach arrived disgorging all the pensioners on their annual outing. I hoped they would go to the tea room, but no, they had to mill about in front of the lighthouse. I was getting grumpier and Mrs C had gone into overdrive with the "Calm Down" procedure, but it was quite obvious they weren't going to leave until the rain poured down on them in torrents. Well some did go for a wander and that just left the hard core to contend with, but by this time, the sky had gone darker and a rainbow had appeared, so I had to take the shot as it was, rather than how I wanted it to be.
Later in front of the computer, I used the mighty Photoshop as my Sniper Rifle. Not quite one shot one kill, but increasingly satisfying with each one I took out.
Mrs C brought me a welcome cup of tea just as I had finished, looked at the result and said "that shot needs some people in it". As she walked off I managed to stop myself going into full grumpy mode and decided to prove her wrong by resurrecting some of the deceased, to show her the error of her remark. It only took a few moments and then ............... I saw her point. How annoying is that?
The people add context and scale to the shot and in this example it seems to work. What do you think?
Without.
Portland Bill 007f by Colin Cross, on Flickr
With.
Portland Bill 007e by Colin Cross, on Flickr
I have spent countless hours and hours waiting for people to clear the shot, so that I can capture the image without people. My tolerance only goes so far and then I get a bit grumpy and impatient and usually Mrs C brings me back to earth and quite rightly points out that they have a right to be there. I still secretly wish for a Barrett 50 calibre sniper rifle though!
However, on this particular shot, I could see the storm clouds gathering in the background, with the foreground still nicely lit before the rain came and often in these conditions, there is the possibility of a rainbow. And then the coach arrived disgorging all the pensioners on their annual outing. I hoped they would go to the tea room, but no, they had to mill about in front of the lighthouse. I was getting grumpier and Mrs C had gone into overdrive with the "Calm Down" procedure, but it was quite obvious they weren't going to leave until the rain poured down on them in torrents. Well some did go for a wander and that just left the hard core to contend with, but by this time, the sky had gone darker and a rainbow had appeared, so I had to take the shot as it was, rather than how I wanted it to be.
Later in front of the computer, I used the mighty Photoshop as my Sniper Rifle. Not quite one shot one kill, but increasingly satisfying with each one I took out.
Mrs C brought me a welcome cup of tea just as I had finished, looked at the result and said "that shot needs some people in it". As she walked off I managed to stop myself going into full grumpy mode and decided to prove her wrong by resurrecting some of the deceased, to show her the error of her remark. It only took a few moments and then ............... I saw her point. How annoying is that?
The people add context and scale to the shot and in this example it seems to work. What do you think?
Without.
Portland Bill 007f by Colin Cross, on Flickr
With.
Portland Bill 007e by Colin Cross, on Flickr
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