Aziz
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MickH
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rxmd said:OK. Here's a very simple picture I took a month ago or so here in Berlin. It's more of a non-decisive moment than a decisive one. It's also not a very good photograph, but those are the best for hearing critique:
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If you think it's boring, that's fine with me, just comment on why you think it's boring. I'm ready to have it utterly shot down
Philipp
Apart from the technical merits of this photograph I feel it can be read as a social document. Shot in Berlin, it could, in fact, have been taken in any city anywhere in the western (influenced) world. LOTTO being a universal word, the only give-away to location that I can see is the reflected "BLUMEN" in the pillar.
nicoy3k
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I have no idea how to post the pics in the small thumbnail, so ill just post links.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2294/2235294892_b96337f634_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/2235294906_b931b3b162_o.jpg
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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2137/2235294898_b55f757fef_o.jpg
Sorry about the bad scans and small sizes.
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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2414/2235294902_b439870591_o.jpg
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Sorry about the bad scans and small sizes.
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Charly
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Todd.Hanz
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shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
Ok, how about some fun:
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
Pitxu said:Will: If I can have cows, then I suppose birds are OK too..
Well, I chose this one for a reason.
To me street photography doesn't restrict me from taking pictures of non-human. There's a lot of good street-photo without people in it.
I submitted this one because I see a lot of human-like behaviour from these loony birds
... like squabbling over a parking spot
petronius
Veteran
nicoy3k, I like the way the womans scarf repeats the reflection on the car.
Charly
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Pixtu: Thank you for your comments! Re the first picture - It's heavily cropped as-is. I was trying to be clever with the composition and failed. You live and learn - it's just a shame it was a lesson learnt the other side of the world.
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Todd.Hanz
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Pitxu said:
great grab, love the white sneakers against the black, the angle of the people suggest a windy day. I wish it were a hair sharper.
nicoy3k
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Thanks for the coments guys
Pixtu, that is great.
Pixtu, that is great.
monochromejrnl
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from a couple of weeks ago...
Morca007
Matt
I know it's already in a different thread, but I thought I'd post it here as well:
pellothed1
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Samsam
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pellothed1, i love the 2nd pic
here is my contribution to the topic
Tri-x @ 1600 souped in D76
Kodak Portra 400VC
here is my contribution to the topic
Tri-x @ 1600 souped in D76
Kodak Portra 400VC
Morca007
Matt
Samsam- I like the first shot, on the metro, the high contrast, and grain really set the tone.
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
Pris depuis presque un an...
Canon 5D + Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM (à Paris)
Canon 5D + Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM (à Paris)
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
I see my comment disappeared in one of the RFF hiccups. I'll say it again:Pitxu said:
beautiful.
pellothed1
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Thanks for the comments everybody. Samsam, maybe next time try to get in a little closer to the action in the first photo, to show the two men in opposite directions a little more predominately. Of course, it's not like you can redo it, so critiqueing is a little less appropriate I think.
I personally take quite a lot of very close pictures and most of them I throw out because I think that they aren't very interesting so Samsam, take my advice with a grain of salt. Occasionally I'll get one in close where the central figure is juxtaposed with another that really makes things come together (like my first photo) which I feel is a sort of contrast between new and old. Unfortunately in the small web jpeg, you can't see that there is a man on the other side of the street looking directly into my lens as well (you can't see his face unless your looking at a 16x24 enlargment). It bother's me the young guy isn't in sharp focus, but I've had several art lovers say that this adds to the dramatic differences shown between youth and old age, but what do they know? The second one someone was swinging an umbrella at me, possibly to prevent me taking the picture. Not sure if they thought I was taking a picture of the baby or not.
Pixtu, I like the picture you posted as well, Winter beside the sea. At first glance I wish there was a little more shadow detail in the wall (or the dark part of the photo between the shoes and the knees). However, I'm not sure that wouldn't alter the mood of the photo, which is really great. I like the motion and the sharpness really doesn't bother, actually I enjoy that it's not sharp, adds to the air of the photo.
I personally take quite a lot of very close pictures and most of them I throw out because I think that they aren't very interesting so Samsam, take my advice with a grain of salt. Occasionally I'll get one in close where the central figure is juxtaposed with another that really makes things come together (like my first photo) which I feel is a sort of contrast between new and old. Unfortunately in the small web jpeg, you can't see that there is a man on the other side of the street looking directly into my lens as well (you can't see his face unless your looking at a 16x24 enlargment). It bother's me the young guy isn't in sharp focus, but I've had several art lovers say that this adds to the dramatic differences shown between youth and old age, but what do they know? The second one someone was swinging an umbrella at me, possibly to prevent me taking the picture. Not sure if they thought I was taking a picture of the baby or not.
Pixtu, I like the picture you posted as well, Winter beside the sea. At first glance I wish there was a little more shadow detail in the wall (or the dark part of the photo between the shoes and the knees). However, I'm not sure that wouldn't alter the mood of the photo, which is really great. I like the motion and the sharpness really doesn't bother, actually I enjoy that it's not sharp, adds to the air of the photo.
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mfunnell
Shaken, so blurred
There are already too many good shots for me to give adequate coverage, so I'll just mention three shots (an arbitrary number) that I really like so far:
Sitemistic's View attachment 55572 where the angle, the wheelchair sign and the "child's eye level" it was taken at all combined wonderfully.
Pixtu's View attachment 55606 where the suggestion of wind and rain with the angle of the umbrellas is nicely balanced by the startling white of the shoes, and how the simplicity of the photo just works.
Samsam's two gentlemen in the park, where the composition is spot-on and the interaction between the two of them intriquing.
My humble offering:
(clickable)
[Leica M3, Elmar-M 28/2.8 @f4; Kodak Gold 100, lab scan; B&W conversion, levels, curves PS CS3]
Pitt Street Mall, a couple of weekends ago (had the film developed this week).
...Mike
Sitemistic's View attachment 55572 where the angle, the wheelchair sign and the "child's eye level" it was taken at all combined wonderfully.
Pixtu's View attachment 55606 where the suggestion of wind and rain with the angle of the umbrellas is nicely balanced by the startling white of the shoes, and how the simplicity of the photo just works.
Samsam's two gentlemen in the park, where the composition is spot-on and the interaction between the two of them intriquing.
My humble offering:
(clickable)[Leica M3, Elmar-M 28/2.8 @f4; Kodak Gold 100, lab scan; B&W conversion, levels, curves PS CS3]
Pitt Street Mall, a couple of weekends ago (had the film developed this week).
...Mike