The owner of the outdoor shooting gallery at a Shenzhen (China) night market fills balloons to replace the ones shot by patrons. One Yuan gets would-be sharpshooters 10 plastic pellets, to be fired from a plastic AK assault rifle.
I recommend the Canon EF 50 mm f/1.4 USM lens. It’s a great piece of gear for night work.
Captured: June 24, 2008.
for the shutterbugs:
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It’s kind of jarring, like diamonds set in wood. The balloons never look that shiny and clean at the carnival booths you see here; neither do the carneys for that matter.
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AK assault rifle? Oh.
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i found this photo somehow sad…
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Different Stevo…
That lens is better stepped down to 2 and lower, the depth of field at 1.4 is too shallow…
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Thanks for the tip, Ron. Something to consider. This was shot at ISO 800 and run thru Noise Ninja to clean it up. That contributes to the softness.
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