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Olegis
17th of March 2005 (Thu), 15:13
I was interested in these three workers as they walked down the street with their material and tools. As I pointed my camera at them (a not-so-small 10D and even-more-not-so-small 70-200 f/2.8L), the worker on the left suddently noticed that I was about to take their picture. He pointed at me and said something to his friends - but it was too late, I already clicked the shutter. In order to avoid them asking me all kinds of questions about why did I take their picture, I simply continued to stand as I was, pointing my camera in the same direction for a few more seconds - giving the workers an impression that I was photographying something else, and they just happened to be in my way. I think it worked :cool:

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sugar_babygirli
17th of March 2005 (Thu), 15:16
Hehe! Great capture! Do you know what kind of workers these men are?
ElleG83
17th of March 2005 (Thu), 15:17
lol. great story. i've done that before. just play it off like you are zoomed in on the building behind them or something.
neburns
17th of March 2005 (Thu), 15:21
ahh that's one of the best tricks...
just keep your eye to the view finder, finger on the button and pretend like you're waiting :)
Fer
17th of March 2005 (Thu), 15:34
Great job! I love this photo.
Olegis
18th of March 2005 (Fri), 00:46
Hehe! Great capture! Do you know what kind of workers these men are?

Thanks ! I have no clue about these men specialty ...


lol. great story. i've done that before. just play it off like you are zoomed in on the building behind them or something.

Exactly ! The trick is to stay in the same position for a few seconds after they pass the spot - that way they think that I was taking a picture of something else.



just keep your eye to the view finder, finger on the button and pretend like you're waiting

Yep, that's the one !


Great job! I love this photo.

Thanks Fer !
marie
18th of March 2005 (Fri), 00:52
Exactly ! The trick is to stay in the same position for a few seconds after they pass the spot - that way they think that I was taking a picture of something else.


he he he
they all are probably photographers and know all the trickshttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif

very nice shot Olegis
cjm
18th of March 2005 (Fri), 00:58
LOL funny picture. That picture is better then if they guy didn't notice you.
bitbytes9
18th of March 2005 (Fri), 01:45
bw is great how about color one ???
poke
18th of March 2005 (Fri), 02:19
What I do... is set the camera up on the tripod, and leave it focused on a point infront of where they are walking. When they get to the right point in the frame... Click!!!

They don't see anything unusual, because you don't track them with the lense.
Candid Bandit
18th of March 2005 (Fri), 19:51
Thats how you do it!!! Nice shot!
Michaelmjc
18th of March 2005 (Fri), 21:48
haha that guys expression is priceless!
Olegis
19th of March 2005 (Sat), 06:16
Thank you guys for your kind words !
bitbytes9, I don't like the color version of this picture - it's too colorful for my taste. I really like monochrome images lately :cool: