There is a group that are constantly looking for the great shot – that someone else is taking.
You are standing there framing up an historic monument, city scape or scenic vista and suddenly you get the feeling there’s someone behind you.
And sure enough when you turn around, there they are, lining up the same shot.
Then you realise that it’s not a coincidence, when you walk down the street to take another shot and they are right behind you.
I have to wonder if their snaps are not better than mine?
It’s just YOU Bruce. You just look like the one who is most likely to have worked out the best view, best angle and best frame for those shots. Of course they’re all going to copy you.
(By the way, ABC1 TV is currently screening weekly episodes of “Photo Finish” where each week 3 amateur photographers are given a brief (portrait, landscape etc), a camera, 4 hours of shooting time, 2 hours back in the studio to select their best shot which is then judged for that night’s winner. I’m sure you’d like it. No, no photo thieves in this one.)
Cheers, Alex.