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 Hi all, I was in Melbourne a few weeks back and was taking a few shots with my newly acquired Olympus OMD EM5ii and its 14-150ii zoom. I came across this man playing chess. You can see it in his eyes. Anyway, this is the first picture post I have made in about 5 or 6 years. I forgot how to post so I am hoping this works. petermc Nikon & Olympus
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What an excellent picture it is. A street portrait in the style that I love......direct, classical, and in beautiful B&W! A competition winner! Thanks for posting as I know everyone who sees this will enjoy looking at it.
Regards
Matt. K
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yeah nice... looks like a mafia dude too
 nicely done in BW too.gerry's photography journey
No amount of processing will fix bad composition - trust me i have tried.
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Simply an awesome portrait.
Whilst ordinarily I'd perhaps be critical of the fact that the subject is wearing sunnies and thereby there's no eye contact, here it adds to the impact of the image. g.
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Just excellent
Chris
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Amazing. He looks like a cross between Gary Kasparov and the Godfather. Superb image.
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I love it! I think it's a terrific portrait even if the subject looks like someone demanding "respect" and you "don't double cross" without loosing some part of your anatomy. But, looks can be very deceiving...
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Thank you for your comments. Lucky they were positive or I would have given him your details
 . The shot was taken outside the state library in Melbourne where there is an outside chess set which gets a lot of use. I have been sceptical of the wonder lenses that do a bit of everything and I was of two minds as to buy the Oly travel kit which included the 14-150. I was expecting to sell it until I realised that my penchant for 2.8 zooms and fixed focals was getting in the way of the versatility that this lens offers. Being able to zoom to such an extent enables one to get pretty close in and the quality is not bad. I am going overseas in a few weeks and this lens will now be coming also. petermc Nikon & Olympus
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