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Special Moments

© Laura E. Swan

Special Moments

Uploaded: September 10, 2013 | Entered: August 15, 2019 00:19:10

Description


Two Best Friends
VISIT LAKE LOUISE
In
Banff, Alberta., CANADA
They Take Their Photo With
Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier in the BG.
(AND I CAPTURED THIS SPECIAL MOMENT, TOO!)

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Note: I rarely take photos of tourists or just people that I see, and wanted to overcome my fears and just do it. So, on this day I did. Since then I have taken a few more and I actually really like it now. I so admire those who specialize in "people" images. There is an art to it and I felt it when I snapped this image.

f 5.3, 1/500 ISO 200 - People

Exif: F Number: 5.3, Exposure Bias Value: -1.00, ExposureTime: 10/5000 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 200, White balance: Auto white balance, Model: NIKON D90

Comments

Mary K. Robison September 11, 2013

How right you are, Pom! There IS an art to taking people photos...and you have mastered it already, with this wonderful capture of these lovely young women capturing themselves. BEAUTIFUL! Love the horizontal crop, too.
I expect to see this one again next month! #1544040

Monnie Ryan September 11, 2013

Terrific capture, Laura! #10840359

Laura E. Swan level-classic September 11, 2013

OM GOSH...I have been on pins and needles with this one. Thank you guys so MUCH! I had the hardest time giving it a title. I thought "Old ways meet new" would be good too. I was so happy to see how joyful these two were. :) !!!

I have a friend who has been a photographer since the 70's taking people images and he said this one blew him away and I could sell it as a stock image. :) WOW!

Thank you so much Mare and Monnie! Your feel back means a lot to me. I did a tight pano style crop to zero in on what was important to me. A BPer taught me this trick years ago.

Thanks so much!

-Pommy Doodle Swanee #10840472

JO ANN CLEVELAND September 11, 2013

I hesitate too to make them, seeing this makes me decide I will start! lol

Great capture girl!

jo ann c. #10840501

Mary K. Robison September 12, 2013

Very cool when a pro photographer tells you this is a "money shot", Pom! Follow up on that! #10841247

Laura E. Swan level-classic September 12, 2013

Hi Jo Ann :D The real trick is to make them Candid and not have anyone look worried that you are there. Lol...I am still nervous to do this but if you check your settings and just do it fast it's not so bad. I will post another of them so yuo can see what the background was for them in their photo of each other. It's not a good photo but I had the guts to take it. That was my victory!

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Mare, I really do value this friends opinion. he is fantastic at portraiture images and I take photos of houses for a living so while there I took photos all through his home for him and had fun in DDR with them later. I sent him my fav's and he plans to have them blown up and put around his house! :D A thrill for me and apparently for him, too!

Thanks ladies, so much!

-Pom a smilin' #10841426

Laura E. Swan level-classic September 12, 2013

* * * #10841427

Tammy Espino September 12, 2013

She was really concentrating!! :) Wonderful capture!!! #10841849

Patricia A. Casey level-deluxe September 14, 2013

Hi Laura....WONDERFUL CAPTURE!!!! I still haven't posted from our trip up to your neck of the woods...in fact sorry to say have only worked on three photos...oh well...life is good...busy with a lost wax casting class in our silver club...takes up a lot of my time these days...hope you & Dale are well...HUGS....=^..^= #10843660

Robert R. Goodman September 30, 2013

Hi Laura,Beautiful capture my friend.Wonderful job on this portrait.I'm like you.Very seldom will I do portrait!!! #10856952

Laura E. Swan level-classic September 30, 2013

Hi Tammy, Patricia and Bobby! :D

Thank you all!

-Laura :)

P.S. Patricia, I am glad you are staying so busy and happy! It's great to have photos that you can work on when things slow down a bit! I await your posts from your trip here! :D Gives me something to look forward to as well!

#10857053

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer October 01, 2013

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC, SSSLala!!!!!!!!!!!!

Winner winner winner all over!!!!!!!!!!!! #10858255

Laura E. Swan level-classic October 01, 2013

Hi SSSis!!! Wow! Thank you so much!!! You know I am so much like Bobby Ray and Jo Ann and others who just kind of freak at the thought taking candid's of strangers. But on this day at Lake Louise I just did it...and I have done it before there. It's such a public place and people are having every emotion under the sun there but mainly happy! Taking candid's of others is just like people watching except we click the shutter at those special moments if we can wait for them and can get them in time. :)

Thank you so much!!! I hope your back gets feeling better soon.
xoxo
-SSSLala #10858747


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