Glad to hear that we will not have a sabbatical from chromasia...

First post, yeah!

Which one is me?

aha!
we in portugal were the first ones to know that you spared a sabbatical :)

i´m glad it was only a small rumour...nice shot! the guy on the window has seen the light!!!

dammit rhino... :)))

this is cool
very well seen
excellent

Portuguese comments with total domination today

David, I'm curious. I see your ISO settings change rather regularly. Do you shoot with "auto ISO" so that it changes, or do you pick a setting, set the aperture, and let the shutter speed "fall out"? Thanks in advance for the info. And again, thanks for posting this info for each shot. I find it very informative and helpful.
David.

Couple of question in regards of your subject... did you ask? Did they notice after the shot was taken? I'm trying to get the courage to take pictures of people and I'm trying to get an idea of how to approach individuals to take their picture.

Thanks!

Did your shutter sound woke up the guy on the right?

this is wonderful david. he is so outside himself. interesting the fog outside the window. and at the same time, the arms, the black,he's also completely confined. what a contrast with the guy on the right who looks like we caught him in a stall in the men's room- almost two completely different photos in one. one of the best body language captures...;))

do you ask those people about taking photos of them or do you just snap away secretly, or openly even. i would feel rude without asking, but in asking people change and the shot is gone.

This is it Dave! You are a genious!

Nicely done...I love these candid shots. Great detail.

I don't know why but something about the composotion bothers me. Maybe that is why this shot interests me a bit. I don't know how I feel about the perspective and how it kind of shrinks the main subject down. Also I'm not too fond of how much of the dark space he shares with the man's pants in the foreground, since I like them sharing tones while the guy in the background contrasts them. I would have wished that it was balanced a bit more towards the light inside the train, so they wouldn't be as yellowish. Also, I wish I could have seen the exposed shot a stop or two down for perhaps more detail outside the window, although that pure white does lend itself as an interesting effect. Nonetheless, I like this shot a lot better than any of pictures you've posted lately. Good work.

The man on the right is funny.

good capture of the subjects. they set a mood-- an isolated lonely one.

however, my two cents, i'm not liking the composition. the man on the far left is cropped far too much. in fact, i suggest that the compostion would be stronger and with more tension if the entire 1/4 left of the photo was cropped so to leave only the guy looking out the window and the guy reading the paper.

This shot is very intriguing! Great capture.
I'm also interested to hear if you asked their permission. I hate asking because adults never look natural when they know you're taking their picture.

well I don't see me on the picture. but I love your train pictures. The expression of the man at the right is so funny, almost like a wb cartoon.

Thanks everyone.

Mexipickle: I pick an ISO setting to suit the amount of available light; i.e. to make sure that I have a reasonable shutter speed.

muscox / mr b: no, for this sort of shot I don't ask, and they didn't notice, mostly because the camera was on my knee.

Jason G. ckozo: I agree about the composition and would have preferred a bit more of the man on the left to have been in the shot.

The shot of the man to right is fab. The rest does not work for me

Hi David, my first time visiting your site and one that I'll be sure to visit on a regular basis.. your photos are amazing and really encourage me to continue my photography hobby. I was very curious about how you took this shot, I liked the comment you made about shooting this shot from your knees, it's a technique I've used in the past when i don't want to disturb my subjects.