April 2007: 10 best photos

[peteryoung]

Sydney Opera House
8 seconds @ f.3.5 at midnight. At a much larger size you can see stars. ( 7 APRIL )




aqua
Lighting experiment, some retouching. ( 12 APRIL )




Peugeot 207
Bangkok International Motor Show. ( 5 APRIL )




Ellis Street, San Francisco
( 18 APRIL )




Bang Saphan, Thailand
6.30am. ( 23 APRIL )




3rd Avenue, New York
( 28 APRIL )




Sydney Harbour Bridge & Luna Park, Sydney
1.6 seconds @ f5.6. ( 7 APRIL )
Togs Rule No. 7: "Looking around also mean looking behind you." I'd have missed this shot if I hadn't.




down, not out
Union Square, San Francisco. ( 18 APRIL )
Yes it's the ubiquitous 'homeless guy' shot, and not what I'd call great street photography. It made me uncomfortable while composing it, but I was hoping sympathy would somehow come through in the composition. As a general rule I dislike portrayals of the homeless that are consciously stark and dehumanising; I tried for something better here but whether I succeeded or not is really up to the viewer.




Benji & Lookmen
Chumphon, Thailand. ( 22 APRIL )
Taken on Thailand's biggest sand dune (not bad, but I've seen much bigger).




gatekeeper to stairs
Benji's dog, Lookmen. Underneath that fluffy exterior lies a territorial and highly dangerous killer. ( 21 APRIL )

Comments

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

There are some musicians that I hear and want to grab an instrument and practice so I can play like them, and some where I just want to throw my instrument away because I'll never be that good ...

... your photography is pushing me into the second category with my camera!

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

Gosh, Chris, thanks.

[pennski.livejournal.com]

Well, what he said really. You can even make cars look interesting.

[lapswood.livejournal.com]

Love the "3rd Avenue, New York" Shot. It's just the sort of Urban Geometry I look out for on my way around London.

Took this by London Bridge Station.

[athenais.livejournal.com]

I'm a fan of the New York shot in particular. The Opera House is appropriately dramatic.