1st post in this forum. C&C welcomed.

D'Buggs

Keeping The Peace.





Nikkor 70-300 @ 300
1/8th sec, hand-held
f 5.6
ISO 800
manual mode
Edited in ACR of PSE7 (B&W conversion that accentuated the noise).

At the time of shooting, the goal for this photo was to post in this forum... Would've LOVED to get closer in for shots of what was all goin' down, but you'll half to settle with this because it was as close as I could get - What you see is the story.

Thanks for looking/commenting. :thumb

Wil Davis

I'm not quite sure what we're seeing here. Obviously there are the police-cars, but I can't make out what is going down… The chap looking towards the camera looks just like a guy I played in a band with, but he lives in NH, and isn't a Mountie (at least not when I last knew him)

Well, a bit far away to get any meaningful detail… …waiting for the donuts?

- Wil

sara505

I like it. I happen to like cops. But before it was finished loading, it briefly looked like a pano - I liked that even better.

D'Buggs

Wil Davis wrote:

Well, a bit far away to get any meaningful detail… …waiting for the donuts?

- Wil

You've nailed the story; the scene incites curiosity.... Just what it is they're up to, we can't learn.

Dogdots

I like it. The lights under the white car really add the 'pop' to this photo. Just lights it all up

D'Buggs

Everybody; Thank-you for your comments.

divamum

I'm sure I see a rabbit, Buggsy...

I like it - I want to know more about what's going on, and I like the high contrast-yet-slightly-murky feel to it.

D'Buggs

divamum wrote:

I'm sure I see a rabbit, Buggsy...

I like it - I want to know more about what's going on, and I like the high contrast-yet-slightly-murky feel to it.

Damned pesky creatures.


I'd like to know more also ----> This shot was taken from the top of my driveway. :eek1
Thanks for your time!

bdcolen

D'Buggs wrote:

Keeping The Peace.
Nikkor 70-300 @ 300
1/8th sec, hand-held
f 5.6
ISO 800
manual mode
Edited in ACR of PSE7 (B&W conversion that accentuated the noise).

At the time of shooting, the goal for this photo was to post in this forum... Would've LOVED to get closer in for shots of what was all goin' down, but you'll half to settle with this because it was as close as I could get - What you see is the story.

Thanks for looking/commenting.

It's an intriguing image; nice composition, and good interest added by the blur of lights....

Justiceiro

Very nice conversion, in my opinion. I'm intrigued now imagining it as a pano. That might really work. (although gritty as it is, it works already).

D'Buggs

bdcolen wrote:

It's an intriguing image; nice composition, and good interest added by the blur of lights....

I hear a "but..." in this crit.
If so, lemme have it - Straight Up!

Thanks for your time.

D'Buggs

Justiceiro wrote:

Very nice conversion, in my opinion. I'm intrigued now imagining it as a pano. That might really work. (although gritty as it is, it works already).

Thanks for your comments, they're appreciated.

bdcolen

D'Buggs wrote:

I hear a "but..." in this crit.
If so, lemme have it - Straight Up!

Thanks for your time.

No but...:D In fact, in a way you've successfully made something out of nothing. There's just enough motion captured, and enough suggestion of a story, for us to really want to know what's going on. And since we can't tell from the image, we'll have to make up our own stories.

D'Buggs

bdcolen wrote:

No but...:D In fact, in a way you've successfully made something out of nothing. There's just enough motion captured, and enough suggestion of a story, for us to really want to know what's going on. And since we can't tell from the image, we'll have to make up our own stories.

It's as though 'The Man' (BD) was in my head at time of capture... :yikes

The scene didn't afford any more details that what's imaged. The houses on this semi-rural road are all set back a good 100-150 ft, And being an neighbourhhood that's established itself in the earlierish 70's, the trees that separate these houses from the street are very large. Being dusk, if I were to 'go long', there would've been a lot of empty detail in the photo. WTS, if I had my wide-angle with me and gone wide, I *think* I would've captured a nice photo as well, but, it wouldn't have told more of the story either. It would have contained a neat looking skyline amoungst all them large, dark trees, but no more story. I felt compelled to do what I did.


In a nut shell, here's the story:

For the past 7 or 8 years, our neighbourhood has been transitioning. What has now become 2 city blocks (new cross streets punched in, new subdivisions all aroud us), there are only 2 land-owners that occupy their dwellings; myself and our immediate neighbour opposite of the shot. With the drive to subdivide and develop, pretty much all the other properties have been bought up by either, holding Co's or developers. Subsequently, they are all rented out and that rent is astronomically HIGH - Basically due too owners being taxed for "what could be there", instead of, what actually is... If you own 10 acres, it's really TOUGH right now.

Anywho, in many of these homes and in order to pay the rent, tennants have become *creative*. According to recent history, this creativeness has run the gamut of, chop-shops, 'funny' greenhouses (Read: grow-opp's) and more recently, meth-labs. For the longest time, it looked as though our authorities pretty much didn't care... Times seem to be changing now as this scene has become more common. All most to the point of being regular and expected.


For me, the photo is bitter sweet but I hope you all enjoy it.

D'Buggs

Just a little update.
I cropped this shot down-n-out, to a 12x36. A copy now resides on the wall @, "The Shop".


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