A Sunday Morning Stroll with the Camera

Good to see you again, photography lovers! Here is the next episode in our street explorations. The mornings are getting colder here indicating the forthcoming autumn. I am the person who enjoys beach and warm weather but there is something about autumn that lights me up inside. Visually it's a beautiful time to walk outside and create photographs. But let's enjoy the remaining summer days, I'll walk you through the photographs individually.

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The moon was very prominent on a clear sky and I noticed the pigeon on a street light so I tried to combine them in a composition. There was also the plane as a third element, I missed the focus when it was closer to these two so this will do. Longer lens would have helped in this situation.

Sorry but I had to. :D Looks like pilots have been goofing around in the air so I tried to give it a go as well. Clear sky turned into a cloudy day very quickly.

The light is very interesting in this spot. It's coming from the left, very low cause it's early in the morning and it's illuminating people nicely. Bad thing is the bus is pointing the same way so people are turned opposite to the light except on the few seats that look back, or those standing. I will definitely try again at this location, it's on my way anyway.

It's Sunday morning so there isn't a lot of people out. This parking lot was nicely hit by the morning sun. There was no walkers around, only this awesome car at the end of the passage.

On the left you can see the Church of Saint Marko, and on the right the main post office. The park is in front of a Parliament building. The dog was playing around, let loose by his owner. I love this position that create the halo effect around the dog.

I really like this location and light coming from above through the roof. Unfortunately there's no one around to put them in the composition. I'll have to come back again on a week day. Keeping mental notes of places that need revisiting is very important in street photography.

This was taken through bus window. A patch of light surrounded by shadow and interesting person with the hat walking by. Again, sun comes from behind which is unfortunate, I would have explored the composition more, but the bus quickly moved along.

I thought there might me some opportunity to be playful with this man carrying a leaf blower that looks like a flame thrower but the composition simply wasn't there.

I was listening to music on the headphones - usually I don't do it cause I want to be fully alert on the streets, and I didn't notice a gang of young men about to start a fight right next to me. Last night's drinking plus some girl issues as I understood, they were yelling and going at each other. Someone called the police which came quickly to the scene and took some of them away.

Here I like different shades of light the most. Softer at certain positions, harsher on others, complete dark on the rest - it gives the image depth. Of course I tried to include a silhouette of a person.

Anyone would wish for a subject like this, isn't it?! :) What a cool looking lady with her hat. I saw and followed here for maybe 100 meters until she stepped into a patch of light. I love the first image more and the way she is half illuminated.

Early mornings in Knez Mihailova street are reserved for workers cleaning and preparing their store before the customers start coming in later.

Sun hitting directly through the windows of a closed cafe. It would have been much more interesting if there's a person inside but I don't think it will ever happen at the same time.

Capturing the eye contact of a subject with camera adds another layer to the photo. This approach is very fun, you basically frame the shot and then wait until they look your way. I may explore this technique further - many great photographers created banger shots like this. It's a bit more confrontational approach although it's easier when they are in separate space like the bus.

I'm re-returning to this location which I shot previously cause I like the light and I'm trying to find the perfect timing.

That's all for this time. I hope you enjoyed some of the photographs. :) Until next time.