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haha no ! I am grateful he looked at me 
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I have seen these stray cats but not in the US I like to feed the little things 
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there used to be way less cats in Bucharest before.. and they used to stay hidden 'till night came. Now that they took all the stray dogs we get to see kitties go out in daytime as well, being more sociable
It's not at all something i'm used to seeing around here
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that is nice unless you are the dog
then that really sucks!
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Yea.. poor doggos 
Many people adopted the stray dogs from their areas and many of them have been adopted by other countries too
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Yes that's a disgruntled look he is making.
But something else I see that is very cool is the portrait of the man is making a profile view with his shadow.
So with his mean look and his portrait and profile views, I think he very well may be a criminal, haha. Just ask the catΒ Β Β Β
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I believe he was aware of me taking pictures of him so he wanted to strike a pose
I liked the shadow too and his outfit , maybe he's a trained sniper
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A fine example of candid photography, Sabina, and I see why you named the cat Felix. I like your little tale as well.
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it was your duty to take that shot. The expression in the face of the man fits perfectly to the scene. Good choice to turn the smart-shot into black and white Β
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haha ! I was laughing so much i think he heard me and turned around
Thank you for the lovely comment !
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NP, Normally he should have smiled or looked charming, when he saw you! Β
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Excellent Street Photography, Sabina...bravo
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Ahh, dear Richard, I was so scared to upload it ! I hope you really like it, your opinion matters so much !
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I am as sincere as rain. It's very good. His shadow in a nice bonus hook too. It's classic.
I don't think there isn't much artistically that you couldn't do and do quite well.
"The only thing one has to fear is fear itself." Roosevelt circa 1940's.
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I wanted to send it to you first and ask you if i should upload it or not 
I'm not at all confident in my photo skills especially on a phone with zoom haha !
I decided to upload it though after adding the b&w , it looked more interesting
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Anytime. I would be more than happy to advise you but honestly you don't need it. You've great instincts and the talent to back them up.
Which phone do you have? If I zoom mine the image breaks apart. Yours seems to have held together quite well.
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I have a OnePlus 6
Rear cameras:
- 16MP Sony IMX 519 sensor with 1.22ΞΌm pixels
- Ζ/1.7 aperture
- OIS/EIS
- 20MP secondary Sony IMX 376K sensor with 1.0ΞΌm pixels
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Aww...so sweet. Thx for looking
I think you did well...the tonal scale across the board is where it should be. A Photography professor taught me years ago when film was king and darkrooms were our world. She said the highlights of a B&W photograph should not be whiter than the paper white used to print the photo and should have some sense of detail in them so they are not "washed out" and the darkest black tones should be maxed out to a point where there is no detail to be seen. And your photo has covered all those bases perfectly. Cropping/Isolating is an integral part of good photography. When possible we should try to do our cropping in-camera but there are situations where there isn't time to do so (like your shot here) and so later is better than never.
If you would like to understand camera exposure better I'd recommend Ansel Adams, "The Negative"
Although it was written about film...there was no digital at the time he wrote it...it certainly can be applied to digital work.
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The car is a bit too white imo but i totally forgot about it...
I liked that it forms a diagonal of elements both ways( totally lucky it happened,of course). I wanted to edit the mirror of my car out but somehow it looked unbalanced without that black part..
Thank you so much for the recommendations! It should help with my inking too 
I will remember the cropping thing as well , I recently had the chance to get a nice camera for a tiny price , a Canon 50D with a Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM lens and i still didn't get to use it ( i should study it a bit before though ..)
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There is one hot spot on it. Not distracting at all because the eye is lead to your main subject...the expressive dude sitting curbside for a meal.
Great point and proper decision to leave the mirror and pretty much everything as is. It does create a line to follow into the photo.
All of it shows that you can compose rapidly under fire...a good thing to have in your bag of tricks. Especially for Street Photography where the moment changes on the dime. Here and then gone forever.
I really like that you are your own worst critic...I share that trait with you. It's how we can grow and progress artistically.
That Canon 50D is fine piece of gear. It has withstood the test of time. It's a performer and you should get to know it better
I sent a link for the used 5 dollar copy. But if you wantΒ the 50 dollar new one, that's available too
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I'm so sorry for the late reply ! 
Thank you so much for the detailed comment , it makes me wanna go and take more pictures
I should start reading about the Canon 
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Cheap doesn't necessarily mean bad...especially with camera gear.
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Hopefully soon I will upload some good ones 
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Well this "good one" was a great start
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I wonder if the cat ever got a handout.
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He did, right before i took the pictures xD
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