Subway Pictures, 2 December 09

ruttrutt Registered Users Posts: 6,511 Major grins
edited December 4, 2009 in Street and Documentary
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If not now, when?

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  • canghuixucanghuixu Registered Users Posts: 238 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2009
    I like #1 and #2. Somehow #1 makes me think that they are complete strangers who have started talking.
  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2009
    I love #1. Great black and white conversion. too (of course!).

    The blurred bell makes #2. I wish, though, that the man were looking more in the direction of the camera.

    Although I was not as taken with #3 when I first looked at it, I find the juxtaposition of the performer in sharp focus against the OOF background of people hurrying past without even looking at her rather poignant. This one is growing on me.

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  • HoofClixHoofClix Registered Users Posts: 1,156 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2009
    #3! Unique angle. I can here the music...
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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2009
    I like #3 the best. Captures her viewpoint and sense that she is being ignored by her audience.

    Also, #1 is quite amusing as I assume that is her mother that pulled the earbud out after trying to talk to her and not being heard.
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,967 moderator
    edited December 4, 2009
    Each one has something to offer. #1 is just plain funny, but the text "Things are getting interesting" adds a nice self-referential touch. The blur in #2 is good, but on my (uncalibrated but decent) screen, the jaw blends with the jacket and makes it look like he has no neck. Perhaps it looks better on a calibrated monitor. I am ambivalent about #3. Technically it is excellent (as one would expect), but I'm not sure that seeing her point of view outweighs not seeing her face at all. OTOH, I have come back to look at it several times, so something is clearly working.
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2009
    rutt wrote:

    YES!! no. no.

    That first one is really terrific! Well composed, great engagement between the riders, and it looks as though the older woman is speaking into the earphone - even if she isn't. Really nice. clap.gifclap.gif

    Number 2? Guy ringing a bell.
    Number 3? Back of a head. It might have been something if your pof had been the people walking by.

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  • craig_dcraig_d Registered Users Posts: 911 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2009
    I like #1. Good composition, nice B&W tones, good sense of interaction between the three of them. The other two don't do much for me. The invisible left hand in #2 is not appealing, and the guy appears to be staring at the ground. #3 just seems like an experiment that didn't pan out.
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  • sara505sara505 Registered Users Posts: 1,684 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2009
    I also like #1 the best.
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  • ruttrutt Registered Users Posts: 6,511 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2009
    Thanks, everyone. I'd say you are pretty much on target.

    I really wanted to get good shots of the folk singer and the Salvation Army guy. They seemed like interesting subjects, but I just couldn't figure it out. The folk singer was so trapped in 1969 ("Mr. Bojangles") and the passersby were so not with her. I was trying to show that, but couldn't find the angle that worked. I shot from the front, and both sides as well as this angle. And then she started to be bothered by me, so I moved on and got what I got and this was the best of a not very good batch.

    Maybe the Salvation Army guy wasn't as interesting as he seemed at the time.

    The first was very fun to get. I saw Mom do this one time when I wasn't ready. Got the camera set and waited for it to happen again. I can hold the GF1 in my lap. and see the back well enough to frame.
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2009
    rutt wrote:
    Thanks, everyone. I'd say you are pretty much on target.

    I really wanted to get good shots of the folk singer and the Salvation Army guy. They seemed like interesting subjects, but I just couldn't figure it out. The folk singer was so trapped in 1969 ("Mr. Bojangles") and the passersby were so not with her. I was trying to show that, but couldn't find the angle that worked. I shot from the front, and both sides as well as this angle. And then she started to be bothered by me, so I moved on and got what I got and this was the best of a not very good batch.

    Maybe the Salvation Army guy wasn't as interesting as he seemed at the time.

    The first was very fun to get. I saw Mom do this one time when I wasn't ready. Got the camera set and waited for it to happen again. I can hold the GF1 in my lap. and see the back well enough to frame.

    Well you definitely did it the right way! And the more I look at the image - now really seeing Dad'd expression, and the "Things are getting interesting" line on the sign. Really nice, Ruttclap.gifclap.gif
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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2009
    #1 really appeals to me, not only from a photography standpoint, but also as an audiologist. I can hear her mother say "get those out of your ears - you're ruining your hearing". mwink.gif
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  • ruttrutt Registered Users Posts: 6,511 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2009
    Patti wrote:
    #1 really appeals to me, not only from a photography standpoint, but also as an audiologist. I can hear her mother say "get those out of your ears - you're ruining your hearing". mwink.gif

    Are you an audiologist? I would never have guessed.
    If not now, when?
  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2009
    Yup.
    The use of a camera is similar to that of a knife. You can use it to peel potatoes, or carve a flute. ~ E. Kahlmeyer
    ... I'm still peeling potatoes.

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