Tram 16, Amsterdam

Don't ask me how I actually managed to get this shot perfectly straight shot from hand... ;-), there were also continuously people and masses of tourists and bikes passing by..., as being next to the touristic hot spot Dam Square.

Beautiful. You caught the bright patches at the top and bottom and all the grays and rich blacks too. Magic.

Very skilled indeed! With a result that’s a pleasure to look at.

otto.f said:

Very skilled indeed! With a result that’s a pleasure to look at.

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Thanks.

There was quite a bit of luck in this as well, as I still need to build routine and skill with this camera. Shooting from hand at 1/ 200th is not a garantuee for succes with a 135mm lens. While this photo is fine in terms of sharpness, I have quite a few others from these initial attempts with my new camera that show unsatisfactory sharpness due to camera shake.

Exposure was dead easy with this shot though, as the whole shadow stone build up environment was essentially one big grey card...