These women were very animated with one another, disagreeing and organising themselves under the strict instruction of the woman in charge. They interacted as though they were in their own living room without any public face. And then when one of them was alone you could see that inner reflection and thought.
They were so honest and they interested me and I felt like I wanted to get to know them. At the same time, I got the impression that they would give me short shrift, wondering who this idiot was who wanted to talk to them. I could mentally see them going ‘Bah’, and getting on with their conversation.
Of course, I could be completely wrong.
Bah
Note for anyone unfamiliar with ‘bah’: It is an interjection expressing disdain or annoyance, famously used by Ebenezer Scrooge (“Bah! Humbug!”)
Camera
Shot with a Fuji X-T50 with 55-200mm lens. This is the second time I have been out with this lens, and it is a fraught experience that makes better results that I expect when I am shooting. The body is small and light and the lens extends forward (telescopes) as you increase focal length.
At longer focal lengths the focus point in the viewfinder weaves about, and I feel like a drunken man trying to pin the donkey. But somehow the camera makes up for my deficiencies in keeping the lens still.
Out of the 160 shots, very few were misses. But still the experience is not pleasant at the moment of shooting. A heavier body would help. A lens that didn’t telescope (or trombone, as it is sometimes called) would also help.
A long lens certainly lets you get in and isolate a subject. And I am already thinking of the next event when I may have a heavier camera that enables me to hold more steady on the subject.
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