umbrella or no umbrella by annied

umbrella or no umbrella

A week of street shots from my trip to the city will follow - for the most part the rain came down - my shots are from the hip - as I stood or wandered I snapped unseen - I used my 18-270mm for most of the day but later swapped to the wide angle 28mm.
This was taken with the former.
I crop and faff - will let you know if I don't :)
Love love love love it
January 4th, 2016  
@newbank thank you so so much Ruth :) Happy New Year to you!
January 4th, 2016  
Fabulous, love the people scurrying around escaping the torrents :)
January 4th, 2016  
Love it, lots of umbrellas out here today too, it has bucketed down.
January 4th, 2016  
love the frenzy in this shot. Everyone is on the move.
January 4th, 2016  
Almost looks like a choreographed dance theater shot! Love the soft glow.
January 4th, 2016  
super
January 4th, 2016  
Great shot! From the hip? So cool.
January 4th, 2016  
I love this shot Annie! It's very creative :)
January 4th, 2016  
Superb shot. So much to look at. Has to be a Fav
January 4th, 2016  
I love everything that's going on in this photo - fantastic feeling of the downpour.
January 4th, 2016  
So fun! I love the variety.
January 4th, 2016  
Great capture!!! It feels like a movie scene.
January 4th, 2016  
So cool how they are walking in different directions!
January 4th, 2016  
AC
Wonderfully captured street scene... Couldn't be better if you staged it!
As for me, NO umbrella... I like the rain.
January 5th, 2016  
@darylo from the hip is holding the camera at waist level and shooting without looking through view finder - a good way to get street shots if you are a bit nervous about taking street images - i like the angles and PoVs you can get - sometimes I just walk along and click away - other times I stand still and watch and click. My camera is more at diaphragm level as I just hang it around my neck and shoot from there.
January 5th, 2016  
@hermann there was a lot of that happeneing Sally lol
@onewing it is still raining here - not as heavy thankfully
@francoise i like it too - it was happening a lot
@teiko it does Emilie - I love that analogy
@365projectlinda thank you Linda
@annachristina thank you!
@pasttheirprime thank you so much!
@jocasta it was a very wet day
@aecasey thanks April :)
@lorenaavalos that is what @teiko Emilie thought - it does - thank you
@vera365 everyone has somewhere to go
January 5th, 2016  
@3rdxoff ha ha thanks AC - I like the rain too but not when I have my camera - that is why I was doing the camera round my neck clicking away type shots today as I could hold the brollie at the same time
January 5th, 2016  
Like this candid view... If you want to make this easier Annie, get yourself a camera with WiFi and then you leave the camera round your neck, on a table, wherever and see and control everything through your 'phone. Sneaky or what?
January 5th, 2016  
@vignouse oooh Richard that is sneaky hahahaha
January 5th, 2016  
fav-very cool
January 5th, 2016  
@graemestevens do you like this one - maybe it will break the trend hahahahaha
January 5th, 2016  
@annied Not telling :p
January 5th, 2016  
@graemestevens hahahahaha
January 5th, 2016  
Great capture! I love street scenes with many things going on.
January 5th, 2016  
Loving the processing on this...
January 5th, 2016  
@hiro thank you i like busy street too
@bankmann thank you dear sir
January 5th, 2016  
i'm with Rihanna on this annie :)
January 5th, 2016  
January 5th, 2016  
Wicked!! Selective? Killer
January 6th, 2016  
@kevin365 not selective - muted tones on a very wet grey day
January 6th, 2016  
Instant fav! Almost like a well choreographed dance. Love it! All those umbrellas!
January 6th, 2016  
@eyesmile thanks Gena - it is still pouring here
January 6th, 2016  
This sure tells the story!
January 7th, 2016  
Super shot, love the processing too!! Wet gray days make for great captures sometimes... :)
January 11th, 2016  
@vignouse that's a very sneaky fantastic idea. I dont have a fancy phone but that has almost convinced me I need one!!
January 16th, 2016  
fabulous shot Annie. You can really sense the need everyone has to be getting out of the rain
January 16th, 2016  
Hello Annie , Just a quick note to let you know I have included this photograph in to the Final 6 of the January Town 2016 competition.

Kindest Regards Stephen
January 22nd, 2016  
@stephenfox how lovely
thank you
January 22nd, 2016  
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