20-02 Fab4_Street by Stephen Thompson, on Flickr
This is understandably a very popular attraction at Liverpool's pier head.
If I'd taken the 'normal' point of view I'd just end up with a regular family snapshot as visitors, sightseers and other Day Trippers gathered around the Fab4. So to achieve the image I had in my mind's eye I needed to shoot from the reverse angle.
I positioned myself across the road, behind the statue with a long lens, but the mid-afternoon location was so busy that despite waiting for nearly an hour I just couldn't get my shot due the constant stream of fans posing for holiday snaps.
I moved on, and returned in the early evening, and my patience was rewarded when this young girl turned up right on cue.
I had to crop tighter on the left than I might have preferred due to a group of people who were just a few yards behind her, and this meant that to achieve a balance I also needed a tight crop on the right.
My only real disappointment is that the girl wasn't making eye contact with her idols, but hey-ho I got my shot.
EOS70D, Tamron SP 70-300mm and Velbon monopod.
This is understandably a very popular attraction at Liverpool's pier head.
If I'd taken the 'normal' point of view I'd just end up with a regular family snapshot as visitors, sightseers and other Day Trippers gathered around the Fab4. So to achieve the image I had in my mind's eye I needed to shoot from the reverse angle.
I positioned myself across the road, behind the statue with a long lens, but the mid-afternoon location was so busy that despite waiting for nearly an hour I just couldn't get my shot due the constant stream of fans posing for holiday snaps.
I moved on, and returned in the early evening, and my patience was rewarded when this young girl turned up right on cue.
I had to crop tighter on the left than I might have preferred due to a group of people who were just a few yards behind her, and this meant that to achieve a balance I also needed a tight crop on the right.
My only real disappointment is that the girl wasn't making eye contact with her idols, but hey-ho I got my shot.
EOS70D, Tamron SP 70-300mm and Velbon monopod.
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