San Diego Downtown - Tuesday Street Work

[russianRF]

Comments, constructive criticism, and (of course) compliments welcome.

 

[35mmdelux]

love the work. Would only suggest to consider using slower film so you can blow out the background and isolate the subject a little more.

 

[maelswarm]

You don't have much DoF when focusing far and with a wideangle lens.

And I think you should work on taking more interesting photos.

 

[Thardy]

You don't have much DoF when focusing far and with a wideangle lens.

And I think you should work on taking more interesting photos.

Too much DOF if you ask me. Bring out that big white lens if you're not gonna get in their face.

 

[maelswarm]

Too much DOF if you ask me. Bring out that big white lens if you're not gonna get in their face.

Err, that's what I meant... you don't get isolation when you're focusing at further distances and definitely not with a wideangle.

 

[russianRF]

I was working with a large DoF kind of on purpose, because I wanted to be able to take a picture without focusing. I wanted to be able to snap someone/something really quickly, before they responded much. This has kind of been my 'style' so far; if anyone here remembers my earlier thread, I had shot a little more open, but still kept a large DoF.

I'm of two minds about all this actually. I'm wondering if I shouldn't keep pressing on with a large DoF, working to better isolate using different shades and seeking out cleaner backgrounds for a subject. I kind of like being able to see the entire context around the subject. I guess the thing to do now is see if I can do a shoot with lots of focusing and isolating, and see how I feel about the other extreme.

 

[martin s]

Thanks a lot for those, I used to live in SD and really appreciate those pictures. It sucks even more being in snowy Germany at the moment considering I could be having dinner at Sushi Deli instead wearing a t-shirt.

martin