PESO: Street Interactive: Caught in the Act

[Paul Stenquist]

I wasn't going to post this since I';ve been using up so much bandwith. 
But since we're talking about street photography and subject 
interaction, I couldn't resist. This is a 1.5 second exposure at f8 
with the FA 50/1.4. I used a garbage can as a tripod so as not to be 
too obvious and shot right into a crowd on the sidewalk. The idea is 
that some people will move more than others. The resulting shot will 
show some detail in those people who didn't move much, while others 
will be a blur. I've tried this before with varying degrees of success. 
I like this one because I was seen by one lady, who spent almost all of 
the 1.5 seconds staring at the camera. She wasn't annoyed, and I spoke 
with her afterward, but she appears to be at least startled in the pic. 
In any case, I had some fun with this technique, and here it is:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3492686&size=lg