Magdalen College – Candid Style.
This is the second photograph from the challenge “A month in 31 pictures”.
The Photograph itself was taken at the entrance to Magdalen College that faces the High Street and captures a unique moment time.
I had just been through Christ Church meadow and the Botanic Garden and spotted this scene. It took
several attempts to get the shot as i had it in my head. A simple conversion from colour to monochrome made the shot work better than it
did in colour. I like the fact that I have caught several people in mid conversation while another person walks into
Magdalen college with a suitcase on wheels. It’s a snapshot in time, which is the essence of photography at the end of the day to me
at least. Candid photography is a particular favourite of mine. I like capturing people as they go about the usual hum drum business of daily life.
Sometimes it captures some unique points of view, other times people spot me and give me funny looks. There is an art to candid photography and it’s something I’m still trying to master.
The shot itself was taken using my Sigma 70-300mm telephoto zoom lens set to 190mm, with an exposure time of 0.005 secs (1/200), with the ISO set t0 200, and the aperture was set at f/5.0.
More details about the shot can be find via the properties link on this flickr page.
Photograph taken on the 2nd of October 2009.
