And so... I opted for the next best thing - a Nikkor 55-200 VR lens. This should complement my 18-55mm lens nicely and allow me to do more of that street-type photography I was doing when I was traveling. It was also a quarter of the price of the other lens... definitely makes more sense for now. For some reason, it seems very hard to do any kind of street photography in Toronto. Is it that there aren't enough people here? The fear of getting caught? I don't know but ever since coming back I've been struggling to get any kind of good street shots. And so hopefully (even though I've said many times that shooting street at 200mm is not the same) this new lens will help me a bit.
And so I went out, picked up this wonderful new (to me but slightly used) lens and started scouring the streets for something interesting. What a perfect weekend to get this lens - it's Caribana!
These are from today's walk. As I was telling my dad, this new lens is pretty cool. I can hide in bushes and take pictures of old men:
Or stumble upon a turkish festival:
As I was preparing to take a picture this man walked up past and then turned around and asked "do you want to take my picture?" Not sure what the appropriate response was (it seems rare that people want their pictures taken...) I asked "do you want me to take your picture?" and he said sure. I took the picture and then thanked him, went to shake his hand but instead he wanted me to "punch it"...
I can't quite seem to get the screen I'm using on my photoshop computer calibrated correctly. I've been trying for the last two weeks and every time the pictures end up looking kind of like the saturation is wrong. So then I have to check my second computer to see if the colour is any better and then readjust. I think it's time to swap monitors.
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