Street scenes challenges... tips?

[delhi]

Hey all,

Well I'm finding it quite a challenge to take street scenes without offending anyone. Not that I've been attacked yet. But I'm wondering if there's any tips to taking shots of urban life in a stealthy way. I'm using a smaller Canon A95 rather than my SLR. Also I've muted all the whirring and clickings of the camera to stay quiet. Anyways please post tips!

Here's some sample shots I've done so far...

http://alwinsphotos.fotopic.net/c445627.html
:D

[Raj]

Welcome to the forum Delhi :-)

I found first one noisy & many of them blurred. What effect exactly are you trying to get here .. ?
BTW long exposures with moving ppl are good :-)

PS: look for Candid Bandit's posts, he is expert in shooting candid in public places :cool:

[Aethyr]

I like Crossing the Street but I wish the building was in focus while the cars and lights were blurred in front of it.

[delhi]

Unfortunately in the name of 'stealth' I had to take these pix without a tripod. :(
raj, the first one was noisy cus i added a grainy filter to try and get newspaper type feel. heheheh