After my April landscape photo trip in Moravian Tuscany, I took the train across Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary (three countries, no border control, no passport checks) to Budapest. I arrived on the Easter weekend, for my first visit to this beautiful city. These are street photos from the stay.



The weather was bright and sunny, and most of these shots were taken in the early morning, with the light low and strong. I took my new OM-3 camera for the entire trip. This is about the perfect travel camera for me; uncompromising performance for landscape and birds, but small, light and non-threatening for street.



My interest in street photography is in people and the story that can be told or the questions that might be raised by a single image. For the image to work, as Cartier-Bresson has said, the photographer needs to capture the "decisive moment". My technique is therefore very similar to the one for birds in flight. This involves fast shutter speeds, high burst rates, and long focal lengths. From a sequence of shots of a scene, I chose the right expression or movement to capture the decisive moment, just as with birds in flight.



For all of these photos, I have provided a description about what I found interesting about the shot, and what you might look for in these and other street photos. Click the "i" button when looking at each photo, and you will get more insight into why I wanted to show you the photo. The "i" button also gives you information about the camera settings, and allows you to like or comment on the photo.



>Touch or click any image to go to a lightbox view and then touch the full screen icon in the top right hand corner to get the best viewing experience. And for information on the shot, be sure to click the little 'i' icon