Some Hasselblad Street Photos from Paris

[martin s]

I saw le vrai rdu do it, so I though I'd give it a try. I had some HP5+ loaded and just went around town for a day.

They were developed in Rodinal 1:50 for 11 minutes, EI400. I'd really appreciate some composition help, maybe tell me how you would have taken the shot. Different angle, maybe crop the image?

martin

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Beautiful.

[self-edited -- my bad]

 

[elude]

The weirdest thing, I barely recognize my own city.

 

[Morca007]

Beautiful, especially that first image. It's so crisp, the sharpness and contrast really pull me in, I feel like I'm squinting into the sun from a seat on the bench.

 

[Gid]

Lovely shots.

Which lenses?

A friend of mine recently offered me a 500 CM plus 50, 80 and 150 lenses at a decent price - makes me think I should check if he still has the kit.

 

[totifoto]

Fantastic photos, makes me think twise about selling my Hassy gear 🙁

 

[user237428934]

Nice idea to use a hasselblad for street shooting. Like them except #2. There those cut-in-the-middle-persons to the left an right disturb me a little.

 

[fbf]

Did you use eye level or WLF ? I always thought the WLF is the best street shooting accessory ever.

 

[ron1945]

😎 exceptional,do nothing except keep shooting.

 

[Belle]

I like the crispness of your image.

 

[Thardy]

Nice shots. Love seeing shots of Paris.

 

[wayneb]

thanks for sharing! really like the one of the two women in the train station, nice light and composition

 

[shadowfox]

Superb, now this is the kind of "street-style" that I like, the images make me feel adventurous yet relaxed 🙂

 

[troym]

Number 4 is a classic. Wow!

 

[Phantomas]

Agreed with all of the above. Fantastic shots!

 

[Austerby]

Wonderful - I love the solitary pigeon in no 5, busily off to catch his next train

Please, take some more and show us here. Really lovely and inspirational: I have nagging thoughts about not using my 500c/m enough since getting it, now I must do something about it.

 

[mcgrattan]

These are really very good. And there's something just beautiful about medium format. The tones are just delicious.

 

[le vrai rdu]

Too bad I didn't tried your blad 😀

I will try some masquage on some of them 🙂

if you can provide me the files 🙂 (? is it ok ? 🙂 )

 

[le vrai rdu]

I saw le vrai rdu do it, so I though I'd give it a try. I had some HP5+ loaded and just went around town for a day.

They were developed in Rodinal 1:50 for 11 minutes, EI400. I'd really appreciate some composition help, maybe tell me how you would have taken the shot. Different angle, maybe crop the image?

martin

I like quite well n°2 great shot 🙂

the first and third one, imho you are too far, could have been a nice portrait 🙂

6, well , not good, no subject

last one, maybe I would try a crop, but imho it is not a fantastic shot

I would have added a bit contrast concerning the ones in the station, using "masquage" (what is the good word for ? )


Anyway, that was a very nice trip 🙂 enjoyed to see you Martin 🙂

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Martin,

You don't need any composition help, I think they all are perfect as is, except the 5th one, where I would have included more at the top and a little less at the bottom. That's a small complaint though, and others might disagree (the composition is not bad, just different than what I would have done). I will have to try that with my hasselblad. I usually use it on a tripod