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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: RSL on January 23, 2014, 09:39:52 am

Title: Morning Smoke
Post by: RSL on January 23, 2014, 09:39:52 am

Just ran across this one from 2008. It was outside Catlettsville, Kentucky in the early morning.

Title: Re: Morning Smoke
Post by: David Eckels on January 23, 2014, 09:59:30 am

Did you turn around and come back, swerve to the side quickly, or were you hitchhiking? ;) Seriously, I admire the ability to make a split second decision so essential in street photography, but I would have been half a mile down the road thinking, "That would have made a good photograph..."

Title: Re: Morning Smoke
Post by: RSL on January 23, 2014, 10:49:53 am

Hi David, I broke over the hill, saw the scene, slammed on the brakes, pulled off on the shoulder and jumped out with my D3. Got back in the car, drove down the road until I was abreast the plant. Slammed on the brakes, pulled off on the shoulder, jumped out and shot this one.

Title: Re: Morning Smoke
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 23, 2014, 12:03:14 pm

Good ones, Russ!

Your quick reaction is commendable... and necessary. Any longer and you would be detained by security guards and possibly Homeland Security for questioning. ;)

Title: Re: Morning Smoke
Post by: Rob C on January 23, 2014, 12:21:31 pm

That's a great pair of shots!

(With a sentence like that, I can hardly believe I wrote 'shots' first time!)

;-)

Rob C

Title: Re: Morning Smoke
Post by: seamus finn on January 23, 2014, 12:27:44 pm

There are decisive moments, and then there are decisive shooters. Nice, Russ.

Title: Re: Morning Smoke
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 23, 2014, 12:42:50 pm

Both stunning, Russ. I'm glad you didn't get arrested.

Title: Re: Morning Smoke
Post by: AFairley on January 23, 2014, 12:45:31 pm

Very effective in B&W, #1 I particularly like.