Edinburgh High Street

Spent the afternoon on the High Street, taking photos of whatever caught the eye - and there was quite a lot! The light wasn't bad for the most part though it dulled down later. Had the strange sensation of missing something. I think I was finding it quite hard with the 50mm lens and was intimidated occasionally about taking candids of people close up. Also wasn't quite certain about the camera settings, settling on Av in the end but was never convinced I knew what I was doing. They needed quite a bit of PP in Lightroom as the exposure didn't seem right with quite a lot of blown highlights. Might have to think about matrix metering for these kind of shots, though I think large apertures is the way to go. I like the bokeh effect it gives with portraits. In the end I was quite pleased with the results, especially when I used the gradation tool. Quite a few strange character wandering about. Strangest moment might have been when the driver of a tour bus pulled up his window as I took a photo of the bus and asked if I was using a D700!