The Selfie

[Ron Scubadiver]

Selfie in the Cathedral by Ron Scubadiver, on Flickr

April, 2016 in the Sagrada Famalia in Barcelona, Spain

I have other photos from the trip here and will be adding more: https://ronscubadiver.wordpress.com/category/spain/

[elsa hoffmann]

What a lovely series - captured nicely Ron!

[Ron Scubadiver]

Thank you Elsa.

[stenrasmussen]

This one really work Ron. Lots of complememtaries/opposites; slim, voluptuous, black, white, orange, blue, sexy, solid, etc.

[JJChan]

Ron
Your B+W of the 3 girls is outstanding I think because it is timeless - nice processing and framing

JJ

[Ron Scubadiver]

Thank you Sten and JJ.  The one thing I did differently this trip is I kept a 50mm mounted most of the time instead of a 20-120.

[elsa hoffmann]

Thank you Sten and JJ.  The one thing I did differently this trip is I kept a 50mm mounted most of the time instead of a 20-120.

and whats your opinion about that exercise?

[Ron Scubadiver]

and whats your opinion about that exercise?

It's the old prime vs zoom thing.  For the 50mm to work for me it requires fairly dense pedestrian traffic so I can get close to people without spooking them.  The viewfinder is much brighter, the camera is light enough to use one handed and mentally it is easier to frame to a single FOV instead of messing with the zoom ring.  I used the 50mm the last day in Buenos Aires and was surprised how well it worked, so I decided to try it again in Barcelona.  Not every 50mm (or 50-ish) lens is going to be small and light, so I think this gambit works best with the non exotic and relatively inexpensive AF-D and G models.