Girl with the leprechauns in her hair

Written July 5, 2007 in Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, St Patrick's Street, St. Patrick's Day, Street, Urban

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On Patrick’s Day all sorts of head gear and clothes are worn by people all over the world. This girl had a hair band with 2 leprechauns on springy stalks! See the shamrock on her cheek?

Shot on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork last March.

10 comments on ' Girl with the leprechauns in her hair '

Very nice streetshot. I have a question: How do you go about taking pictures of perfect strangers in the street? I’ve seen countless scenes/situations where I would love to get a shot off, but never been able to just pick up my camera and start snaping photos..

Written by josef on July 05, 2007 at 5:54pm
Oh, answer here or email me.

Written by josef on July 05, 2007 at 5:54pm
On this day it was easy because of the crowd. It’s much harder to photograph people when there’s nobody around because they’ll notice you but as this was just after the parade there were loads of people milling about. I also used a zoom this time so I was nowhere near her

When I have a wide angle lens I’ll generally shoot from the hip. The Sigma 10-20 is so wide I have to be practically in front of the person before taking their photo, but luckily the noise of the traffic covers the sound of the shutter.

Written by Donncha O Caoimh on July 05, 2007 at 6:03pm
lovely

Written by Flickr: passions just like mine on July 06, 2007 at 2:19am
I love what you can do with this camera.

Written by Flickr: Azameth on August 06, 2007 at 6:17am
Thank you both for your comments! I was quite busy for about 30 minutes on Patrick’s Day as the crowd dispersed.

Written by Flickr: xeer on August 06, 2007 at 7:32am
It would be a nice touch if you made the leprechauns green.

Written by Reon on September 04, 2007 at 1:32pm
I sadly cannot stop staring at this photo. The young woman somehow captured me.

dang.

Written by Flickr: Tim Gauthier on September 29, 2007 at 6:45am
Lovely photo - somehow I wish it was in colour and she was wearing green !

One of the things that make this picture compulsive to look at is her expression - somehow incongruous with the crazy stuff in her hair and the shamrock.

Written by JC on January 19, 2008 at 10:58pm
Nice touch!

Written by Miley Cyrus Fan on February 03, 2008 at 12:27pm