A street menagerie

[Shadowman]

For #1, it's just one of many scenes in a market that I've captured - there's nothing particularly dynamic going on. As Ian (shreds) pointed out, possibly the most interesting thing would be a play on words with the name of the stall and the two characters

For #2, it's the dead space that didn't work - I didn't frame it right. This was already cropped to get rid of more dead space to the left, but still doesn't work and square format didn't look right

For #3, I loved the lady's face and hair and the light falling on her which made her look so photogenic. But with 50mm at that range from the hip it's difficult to pre focus and frame correctly so I missed it.

For #4, I actually really like the image - it breaks a few rules, I like the guy's hand position and the London Eye says "London" without the bus, but that missing "L" makes the difference

For #9, I slightly missed focus but that isn't the be all and end all. I wasn't thinking in 50mm at the time, more like 35mm and though I would have captured more of the lady than I did. It's quite difficult while you as photographer and the subject are converging to shoot from the hip and frame as well - it's a steep learning curve. However, I like the leading lines, the other people in the distance (who would have been more lost at 35mm), the empty tables, windows and reflections.

I've tried pre-focusing and it does cut down on the keepers (through misses), for me most of my misses involve cropping a foot or hand in-camera.

[dubaiphil]

I've tried pre-focusing and it does cut down on the keepers (through misses), for me most of my misses involve cropping a foot or hand in-camera.

I try not to be too anal about cropped hands and feet if the image is strong enough anyway. Have a look through H C-B's back catalogue if you haven't already and you'd he surprised at the number of cases like this.

[Shadowman]

I try not to be too anal about cropped hands and feet if the image is strong enough anyway. Have a look through H C-B's back catalogue if you haven't already and you'd he surprised at the number of cases like this.

I'll give it a look.

[thegman]

Great shots, I really like #2, very poignant, I also really like #9, the action of the front girl is almost the same as the girl behind.