Brian Legge
Veteran
I managed to catch the tail end of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Seattle's international district. I found myself drawn to how people were watching.
The crowd was small but dense - ringed around a storefront - making it difficult to get into the action. I was also using a 50mm which wasn't the best fit for the denser areas but worked well just outside. In hindsight, I would have been better served with a 35mm though my fasted 35 is a stop slower than my 50 and I was already low on light.
These were taken on Neopan 400 pushed to 1000 in ddx.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/6834334825
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/6834335131
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/6834334623
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/6834334367
The crowd was small but dense - ringed around a storefront - making it difficult to get into the action. I was also using a 50mm which wasn't the best fit for the denser areas but worked well just outside. In hindsight, I would have been better served with a 35mm though my fasted 35 is a stop slower than my 50 and I was already low on light.
These were taken on Neopan 400 pushed to 1000 in ddx.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/6834334825
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/6834335131
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/6834334623
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/6834334367
adeir
Member
Thanks for sharing, Brian. I thought it was interesting that you chose to use such a shallow DOF. It seems to add another layer of interest, given the overall theme of the photos -- something like, "how I watch how we watch."
Cheers!
Andrew
Cheers!
Andrew
farlymac
PF McFarland
Don't know how you would have been able to convey the same feeling of being in the crowd by using a 35mm, Brian. The isolation of elements within the scene is great, due to you having to shoot at larger apertures.
PF
PF