Helpful Posts: It's pretty warm today (88*f as I post this) for it being February. They're building a new flood control channel nearby and I went over to take some progress pics and caught this guy about to cool down before taking his lunch break.
Nex-7 w/Canon 35mm f2.8
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8th February 2016, 08:10 PM #1
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8th February 2016, 08:16 PM #2Moderator
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Excellent timing Alan
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8th February 2016, 08:20 PM #3
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Nice capture.
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8th February 2016, 08:29 PM #4
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I just got lucky for once as the truck was moving pretty fast so he wouldn't hold up the traffic behind him.
I'm pretty pleased with the shot. I was almost a block away from it too.
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8th February 2016, 09:47 PM #5
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Works well; everything is nicely positioned.
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9th February 2016, 01:41 AM #6
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Love this one, Alan....nicely caught...
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9th February 2016, 04:31 AM #7
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That will be an enjoyable thing to get a shower like that
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9th February 2016, 04:35 AM #8
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Great anticipation! Did you by any chance get a photo of the guy being drenched?
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9th February 2016, 04:59 AM #9Moderator
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As others before me have already said; you've nailed it. It's Henri Cartier-Bresson's "decisive moment" in action!
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9th February 2016, 05:15 AM #10
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Manfred - I never would have thought anyone would ever describe one of my pictures that way. Thank you.
Originally Posted by GrumpyDiver
Mike - Unfortunately the truck was moving so fast I only got the one shot.
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9th February 2016, 07:21 AM #11
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A very good one Alan
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9th February 2016, 10:38 AM #12
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Thumbs up from me. Timing was everything on this image.
Dave
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9th February 2016, 01:50 PM #13
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Alan, outstanding, the shot, timing, exposure; everything came together perfectly. I agree with Manfred about the 'decisive moment'. You had it, made it, caught it.
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Perfectly justified. A prime example of 'the decisive moment'. Originally Posted by AlwaysOnAuto
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9th February 2016, 04:13 PM #15
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Having worked, in the past, as a First Aid Attendant on construction sites I must admit to partaking in this same drenching several times
You took this, as others have said, at just the right moment. Well done.
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9th February 2016, 05:04 PM #16
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I think this shot proves that even a blind squirrel can find a nut every once in a while.
Thanks to everyone for the kind comments.
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