And the side streets are usually where you find the hidden gems like bars and cafes used mainly by the locals - at half the price of those round the corner which are more touristy.
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Beautiful shot.
I want to get better at Portrait and studies such as thisā¦ great stuff LITSL please post some more 
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Love the reflections on the cars - works really well to add an almost illustration like feel to itā¦ cracking
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Digital photography has revitalised my love for photography and cruising makes it easy to tick off a lot of locations you should have been but never got around to. My wife says, you only go because it provides you with more āphoto opportunitiesā which I denyā¦but she knows me too well.
Digital also means that you donāt have to decide between colour or black and white before setting outā¦you can have either or both, the digital process means you make the choice later.
My first love is black and white but sometimes colour works better. People view black and white pictures differently, they notice form and texture more IMO than in colour picturesā¦well I do anyway. Hereās a few more for you @Map-Of-Tasmania.
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LLS and Map of Tasmania, your photography is seriously good. That Tapas bar portrait is lovely.
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I am not in Slowys league , wanted to tap him up for advice and tipsā¦ the bike snap was just an iPhone job when out riding as I though the character of the building was cool and summed up the part of France we were in
I want to get much better at portraits and as Slowy does really capture a moment in those folks livesā¦
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Thank you for the compliments, itās always nice if people like what you do. With photography people will always tell you if they like it but keep quiet if they donāt. Thatās probably because everyone takes pictures these days and they now understand the failure rate.
Digital photography has taken selectivity out of the equation, people just click away knowing thereās space for another 1000 shots on the card and the crap is easily deletedā¦I do it too.
I love street photography but never engage with the subjectā¦all the pictures Iāve posted here are candidā¦you could never hope to organise any of those pictures, they just happen and itās up to you to decide what is the decisive moment to click the shutter.
It all sounds very arty/farty but in reality it isnāt, itās just intuitive. This is a favourite of mine, taken with my little point ānā shoot Sony RX100 in Winchester. You select āthe decisive momentā itās the only thing to concentrate on.
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Love thatā¦ like lots of little intimate scenesā¦ its like its alive - with lots going on - even the waiter and the couple inside have a story.
Great stuff!
Iām pleased you noticed the waiter because thatās the only bit of luck in the whole sceneā¦I didnāt notice him until I reviewed the picture. All the external elements were what I saw as āthe decisive momentāā¦you get a tingle when the brain recognises it and you click the shutter. 
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The interactions are that complex that it actually looks posed - right down to the dogs.
Great shot.
Yep thatās the only part you couldnāt poseā¦the dogs. There is however one element that wouldnāt co-operate and I remember waiting for it to resolve but all the other elements came into line and I knew I had to click. If you look at the woman standing in the street with her dog on the lead, she is standing in front of a chap in a dark overcoat. TBH if she had moved a bit I think it would probably fucked up the whole picture.
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Just finished watching this documentary on iPlayer about Don McCullinā¦fantastic photographer, a very human human-being.
Thanks for posting John. Really enjoyed that!
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His years as a āWar Photographerā took a heavy toll on his mental health in the '70s but itās really good to see heās enjoying his later years. An amazingly a nimble and sociable 83 year old.
Thatās a cracking pic
Love your wildlife shots Pete but I donāt have the patience to shoot them myself.
That bee shot is fantastic, takes on almost an abstract airā¦must have a pretty good macro lens for that.
My brother-in-law has taken up Nature photography in the last 5 years and has come on in leaps and boundsā¦jealous of his array of lenses, he shoots mostly birds. I think he would have been chuffed if heād taken that shot of the Owlā¦cracker.
Post some moreā¦I love pictures.
Have I shared this before? Quite proud of the timing myself.
Love the reaction time of the redhead by the pushchair.
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