Pigeon Street by Synapse

Photography • Animals • posted on May 29, 2004

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I was looking through some old photos earlier, and found this one which I'd always liked. It was taken on 20th February 1995 in Trafalgar Square, London, using a Pentax ME Super with ISO-200 b+w film. I've always loved ground-level shots as they give such a new and unfamiliar slant on the commonplace :-) Thanks for your feedback and critique :-)

Comments (19)

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Synapse

12:18PM | Sat, 29 May 2004

The title btw is in reference to the old British children's animated story programme of the same name ;-)

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crrunchyfrog

12:19PM | Sat, 29 May 2004

I adore this photo Jim hugs The POV is unreal, giving us a pigeon's eye view of the world and the fact that everyone else is blurred seems to exaggerate this :) Thank you so much for posting this HUGS

sheilakalajdzic

12:57PM | Sat, 29 May 2004

Yes, the POV is fantastic. I love photos like this where I can see the perspective of other animals. Richard Adams is one of my favorite authors, and he writes wonderful books, written from the animals' perspective...might interest you. If you have more like this, PLEASE, PLEASE let me see more! VOTE!

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Lalani

1:50PM | Sat, 29 May 2004

So you're a photographer too =) Fantastic shot, love the pov and b&w... excellent =)

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98Bones

1:57PM | Sat, 29 May 2004

Good point about ground level and nice shot!

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mysnapz

3:05PM | Sat, 29 May 2004

Great shot Jim nice use of DOF and composition. ME Super was my first SLR thanks for bringing back memories of those uncomplicated days. :0 )

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Synapse

3:19PM | Sat, 29 May 2004

Yeah, I bought mine secondhand in 1993 but it dates back to 1980 :-)

ilutegija

3:57PM | Sat, 29 May 2004

truly impressive capture! love the narrative mood:)

Heart'Song

4:34PM | Sat, 29 May 2004

Ooooo, what great POV. And how do you manage to make pigeons look exotic?? hugs

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Synapse

4:43PM | Sat, 29 May 2004

I didn't "make" them look anything, they were just the pigeons I photographed... no postwork whatsoever in this shot ;-)

cynlee

4:47PM | Sat, 29 May 2004

the pov works wonderfully in showing their world... so were you on the ground too? ...like the stocking & shoe too over to the side, she may have thought you were taking a pic of something else from that angle :]

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Synapse

4:57PM | Sat, 29 May 2004

A few metres away there was a stall selling pigeon-feed for people to buy, so the pigeons weren't really interested in being anywhere else... it wasn't too hard to make the shot! I just took pot luck on the focus... I crouched on the pavement with the camera a couple of feet above the ground and got the focus right, then put the camera on the surface and clicked, hoping for the best ;-)

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Naichan

1:19AM | Sun, 30 May 2004

Thought I'd got the wrong page for a second! Like your unpredictability, Jim. Yes, I like b&w, esp. using unusual camera angles and detail like this. Turned out well for a "pot luck" shot. ps: Fished out some of my old b&w's the other day. I think it's only fair to warn you all that I may put some up soon!(Apologies in advance!)

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Synapse

2:58AM | Sun, 30 May 2004

Please do buddy, please do! :-D

raven_nightmares

4:34AM | Sun, 30 May 2004

love this angle...very clever.

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