the showdown

Posted by bluechameleon (Vancouver, Canada) on 3 July 2008 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

A man in Chinatown...he was not too thrilled to have me on his street with a camera. He watched me take a few photos and then proceeded to stare me down. He left me with no choice, and that's when I shot him...

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Comments (20)

Alessandro from Calci (PI), Italy

Great pic. But beware, some people just hate to be photographed and sometimes they definitely overreact.

3 Jul 2008 6:35am

Hoshisato from Ealing, United Kingdom

Great photo; the good thing is that when they assault you for taking their photo, you have a photo to show to the police :-)

3 Jul 2008 7:24am

[suvni:R] from Brussels, Belgium

looks like a pic from the 50's or so...if it wasn't for his mobile :-)

3 Jul 2008 8:32am

eddy from tehran, Iran

excellent

3 Jul 2008 9:34am

António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal

Looking at this photo I conclude that you do not need HDR. Indeed, this could be an output of a sensor with a low or very low DR: the highlights turn burn white (255), the shadows pure black (0) and the mid-tones are heavily contrasted.

3 Jul 2008 11:01am

Matt Sutton from Sydney, Australia

hey this is a classic shot and you shot it under duress and used no fancy shitty techniques. well done. I love this. hdr indeed ! ;-p

3 Jul 2008 1:40pm

ordinaryimages from United States

excellent gesture.

3 Jul 2008 2:26pm

Denis P from Bretagne, France

Beau noir et blanc belle instant

3 Jul 2008 2:34pm

Seanog from Dublin, Ireland

Nice photo i have to say. Did he say anything to you for taking the photo? im just curious

3 Jul 2008 2:59pm

Sandrine from Cincinnati, United States

Great B&W street shot!

3 Jul 2008 4:05pm

desolate | metropolis from Boston, MA, United States

Great pose. Well composed shot.

3 Jul 2008 4:32pm

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, United States

love the sense of place here... this man's turf... a marvelous candid - excellent use of light and shadows!

3 Jul 2008 5:10pm

drum from carcavelos, Portugal

cinematic
good light and contrast

3 Jul 2008 7:22pm

Dirk Essl from Munich, Germany

Nice B&W! I am always to shy to take pictures of people...

3 Jul 2008 7:35pm

Baz from Teglia, United Kingdom

My favourite genre! Great photo, the "pose" is priceless!

3 Jul 2008 7:47pm

Vincent from Montréal, Canada

Brilliant capture! Full B&W range makes it stronger.

3 Jul 2008 8:24pm

Benjamin Lai from Malaysia

i was having internet connection trouble while trying to view this photo. but before the photo loaded, the comments already got me excited. i like shots like these, one with an interesting story :)

4 Jul 2008 7:27am

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

Excellent portrait!

4 Jul 2008 9:58pm

Don from Washington DC, United States

I love this capture. His stance and attitude says a lot. Great job!

7 Jul 2008 1:11pm

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

If you're going to do it, and you can't do it surreptitiously, then you need to be bold. You've got professional looking equipment, so if you act with confidence people will often assume you're from the local newspaper or something. For some reason, this seems to make a difference in reception. I've seen people go from cheerfully receptive to belligerent the instant they learn I'm not a "journalist" --so these days, I'm a lot more coy about who I am and what I'm doing.

7 Jul 2008 4:07pm

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