I've Spotted You Photo

Photographer’s Note

To go with the thread recently started by Furachan on the Photography forum and continuing my series on Bavarian costumes. Do you think that the sharp eye of this very respectably looking gentlemen noticed my attempts to inconspicuously take his photograph from 10 meters away, using a rather large camera set-up? Anyway, the look he gave me didn't last longer than it took for the shutter to slide back.
What caught my eye was his traditional outfit including the "goat's beard" which I introduced here . If I'm not mistaken, tradition asks for it to always be worn together with a dark green jacket. The picture was taken close to Marienplatz in downtown Munich, as he was casually going after his daily business.

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CliffW (2310) 2005-06-22 21:06

Yeah... I think he pretty much spotted you. :) Still, if you can't get the completely unaware candid shot, it certainly is a good candid portrait. Interesting about the costumes. Part of an event?

Seena (0) 2005-06-23 8:01

again the problem was with the b.round. need some improvment. if you change the beackround on adobe sc and apply black b.r with shorpenes on this pic i,m sure it will 2diffrent.

kurtyang04 (478) 2005-06-29 22:39

Great subject. I agree this is really candid with great detail and sharpness. The bg , I am too think is a little weak. This is something hard to forget.

nbournas (3223) 2005-08-25 19:42

Perfect portrait. The Canon 100mm is the perfect portrait lens. I think he did spot you though.

gebala (0) 2005-11-01 9:29

hello, I love faces more than landscapes;) I really like this one, what a nice and interesting man, I like his pose, great point of view and DOF, well done

have a nice day

yigalco (372) 2006-04-03 18:24

Very good portrait

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