Urban Fisherman

[Christoph C. Feldhaim]

On an evening stroll today and keeping on practising flash.
There were two guys with the fishing-rod and the buddy of the fisher instantly mutated into a lighting assistant,
holding the off-camera flash on the tripod high up to get the desired light while the fisher was a great model.
Nice guys they were.
The series has three images in my Flickr photostream set "Life in Hamburg".
Cheers
~Chris

Urban Fisherman No.1

[Christoph C. Feldhaim]

Urban Fisherman No.2

[mal mcilwraith]

Urban Fisherman No.2

There are others here whose opinion is more solidly founded - but as a fellow photog, I find the composition is sound, the colour/light delightful and the filigree of winter trees atmospheric.

The fill flash also adds to the image rather than detracts, so all in all I think it is a sound image.


Mal

[Jagatai]

The composition of #2 works better for me but I like the sense of action in the blur of #1.

[RSL]

Unfortunately the action is in the background trees rather than in the fisherman casting his line.

Interesting shot, Chris. I like the way you dialed down the fill. In a situation like that it's always tempting to overdo it so that when you look at the picture you immediately think, "flash picture."

[Christoph C. Feldhaim]

Thanks! Indeed, I tried hard to keep it down. l could have taken the shot entirely without flash at a higher ISO but I wanted the warm light.
Cheers
~ Chris