The Yellow Helmet

A father picks up the yellow helmet dropped by his son in front of the Body Shop on Patrick’s Street, Cork last Saturday. I was sitting on one of the marble blocks that pass as street furniture on our main thoroughfare. I had my camera ready to shoot when I saw them passing and within a heartbeat had snapped off a few shots.

I like this: King Corner - great sky and architecture shot. All in your hands…. - keep on smiling!

8 comments on ' The Yellow Helmet '

I’ve got to get myself a 10mm lens. Angles are always great.Love the tones in this shot, and it’s a good capture for the effect.

Written by Flickr: Psycrow on August 30, 2006 at 2:19am
Thanks, I really love the lens, and believe it or not, this is a cropped shot, but still probably wider/taller than a kit lens.

Written by Flickr: xeer on August 30, 2006 at 2:53am
Nice capture!(1-2-3)

Written by Flickr: Mike Cohn on August 30, 2006 at 6:54am
Good timing!

Written by Flickr: recursion_see_recursion on August 30, 2006 at 10:58am
How long was the exposure on that?

My particular problem is that I only have one hand. I haven’t figured out how to change my zoom while releaseing the shutter. I imagine it’s easier with long exposures in that I don’t need to hold the camera… though timing the zoom would be much harder to ensure the effect exposed properly.

Written by ABM on August 30, 2006 at 4:41pm
ABM - it’s actually a short exposure but I used the motion blur plugins to create the zoom effect! When I manage to do it in-camera it’s usually by accident when I was zoomed in and wanted to zoom out quickly but the bad light kept the shutter open..

Written by Donncha on August 30, 2006 at 4:58pm
good capture

Written by Flickr: rakelilla on August 31, 2006 at 1:55am