“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women, merely players”, said William Shakespeare once. It’s also the motto of this blog. This monochrome street photograph is yet another example of it.
Roaming the Streets of Nuremberg with camera in hand, there is always a new background to discover, like this mural, a perfect backdrop for passing people. My stage on this Saturday morning. I did set up the camera and then merely waited. For people entering the scene.
I took quite a few shots. I rarely nail it with the first one. My favorite was this one, of the man passing with his white shopping bag. The juxtaposition of the funny face of the cartoon figure painted on the wall, looking up at the (smiling) bird, and the passing man with his bowed head, looking down. If he’d looked right instead of down, maybe the mural would have cheered him up a bit. All the world’s a stage….and we street shooters capture the stories.
Taken with my “leftover” Leica, the vintage, 13 years old Leica M Type 240 that I keep for sentimental reasons, after having divested the SL2-S that failed me so badly. The lens was a Summicron 35mm F/2. I’ve used zone focusing here, pre-focusing the lens at f/8 so that everything between 2 and 10 meters away was in focus. Increased the ISO so I got a minimum shutter speed of 1/250 sec to freeze the action.
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Have a great Wednesday
Marcus
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This is beautiful, your eyes see and capture the moments of the streets… This is important. I can add a few words by being agree with the first commentator(marlandphotos) you are one of my favorite photographer in this field. Thank you, Love, nia
Thanks, Nia, I love your comment so much! Marcus
Nice job! I used to follow many street photographer blogs, but have narrowed it down to one, which is yours! Keep clickin’ and sharing!
Thanks, Marland, this coming from you means a lot! Marcus
You’re welcome!
Well done! It’s funny about first shots when you’re out with the camera. I’ve come to think of them as warm-ups. They mostly get deleted. 🙃
Thanks, Lynn, much appreciated! „Warm-ups“, thats funny 😃 but true and I like that comparison!
A great photo, Marcus, I hope the man wasn’t sad.
Thanks, John, much appreciated! I thought the same thing. Live as it happens….