Erik Rosengren, FPSA, PPSA
About the Image(s)
How I did it—I flew to Bosque Dec 1999 for the purpose of photographing the wading birds plus some astrophotography using old mine buildings and other unusual structures as interesting foregrounds. During mid-day we drove to the little town of San Antonio for street photography. Low and behold I sighted a homeless man eating some fruit and keeping an eye on the “Walker” containing all his belongings. Tools for the day, Canon 7D Mark 11, coupled with my trusty 100-400 Canon 4.5-5.6 IS lens. I stood behind an electric pole to wait for the right composition. My settings were f 8. 200 ISO @ 800th of a second @ 240 mm. Lots of work in post. After sharpening, bringing up the contrast, Content Aware to remove distractions, cropping and clicking on auto in Bridge then darkening the white wall a P.J. shot emerged telling a sad story. Please stay well and healthy my Study Group friends.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
4 comments posted
Firstly I echo your wishes to the rest of the group to stay safe and healthy.
Cropping wise I like your original as the mans gaze is that way I feel that attracts my attention and feels right I love what Guy has achieved and found some extra texture and colour this is more to me than street photography I think its a wonderful piece of photojournalism and I can only hope that life has looked a little more kindly on this man.
  Posted: 02/15/2021 12:47:04