[Polly]

Spotted having a break from the Christmas shopping.



Polly

[Polly]

.......... and some street entertainment courtesy if an Ice Sculptor. The only large chunk of ice I've seen this year, so far!



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[shuttertalk]

I like the first one on a technical basis - nice composition and use of DOF.

[Don Schaeffer]

I really like the daring restaurant photo. How did you do it?

--Don

[Polly]

I really like the daring restaurant photo. How did you do it?

--Don

Nothing special or particularly daring. I was just walking along slowly browsing the shops, watching the street entertainers and taking a few shots as I went along.

The lady is idly watching the Ice Sculptor who was working away on the bandstand opposite and to her right.

The area is a tourist spot quite near our home. The shops and restaurants are always open at the w/e, including Sunday when there's often some family activities going on - so it's not too dificult to merge with the crowd and take pix as that's what the tourist are all doing (coachloads of them!)

I think that one was taken at about 45mm. I was using the Tamron 28-300mm at the time. 400 ISO as it was very dull - not too cold though so it was quite pleasant outside.

Polly

[Irma]

Hi Polly,

The first one is really great! I think your picture proyects nicely the ambience of the place... I like it.

[Polly]

Hi Polly,

The first one is really great! I think your picture proyects nicely the ambience of the place... I like it.

Thank you

It's an area that's always changing, always something different going on. Rarely boring, nice for the tourists - but not always so good for the local people who just want to park and get to the shops! :o

Polly