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TexPhotogTexPhotog Registered Users Posts: 187 Major grins
edited January 18, 2010 in Street and Documentary
Hello fellow DGrinners... this is my first post in the Street/PJ forum... and I think that I read the rules correctly so I'm adding this photo to get your input/comments/critiques and any and all that you can throw my way, good and or bad...

Thanks...
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This was taken in Cairo, Egypt on my way to see the Pyramids of Giza...
D300 @ F9, ISO 200
Miguel
www.kabestudios.com
I use a little bit of everything gear wise...
Nikon/Canon/Sony/GoPro/Insta360º/Mavic 2 Pro

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited January 14, 2010
    TexPhotog wrote:
    This was taken in Cairo, Egypt on my way to see the Pyramids of Giza...
    D300 @ F9, ISO 200

    Except for the license plate, there's not much unusual here and it's not clear why this is supposed to be interesting. headscratch.gif Perhaps a wider view would have given it the context it's lacking.
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2010
    TexPhotog wrote:
    Hello fellow DGrinners... this is my first post in the Street/PJ forum... and I think that I read the rules correctly so I'm adding this photo to get your input/comments/critiques and any and all that you can throw my way, good and or bad...

    This was taken in Cairo, Egypt on my way to see the Pyramids of Giza...
    D300 @ F9, ISO 200

    Welcome to the forum! I'm loath to be honest as this is your first visit here, but...Were there people sticking out the windows, sitting on the roof, and hanging on the sides, and were there a bit of context so that we'd see the surroundings, this might be something. But as is? It's just a shot of a VW bus with people in it - no more crowded than most family cars heading out on vacation. mwink.gif
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  • TexPhotogTexPhotog Registered Users Posts: 187 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2010
    Thank you guys... that's exactly why I'm here... to learn... and I'll guesstimate that this other "packed" shot will probably not fare as well, but here it goes...

    730084556_K4Dur-M.jpg

    I'll post more stuff to get more insight/input from awesome people like yourselves...
    Miguel
    www.kabestudios.com
    I use a little bit of everything gear wise...
    Nikon/Canon/Sony/GoPro/Insta360º/Mavic 2 Pro
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2010
    TexPhotog wrote:
    Thank you guys... that's exactly why I'm here... to learn... and I'll guesstimate that this other "packed" shot will probably not fare as well, but here it goes...

    730084556_K4Dur-M.jpg

    I'll post more stuff to get more insight/input from awesome people like yourselves...

    Seeing the first shot, and seeing this, Miguel, I have to ask what it is you think you're photographing? Why these sights compel you to push the shutter release? I'm not being critical or sarcastic - honest. :D I'm trying to understand what you're seeing that I'm not, so that I can respond to these images.
    I ask because I deal with traffic like this five-days-a-week on my commute home, and I am driving/riding in Boston and Cambridge, USA, not in Egypt. :D
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • TexPhotogTexPhotog Registered Users Posts: 187 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2010
    bdcolen wrote:
    Seeing the first shot, and seeing this, Miguel, I have to ask what it is you think you're photographing? Why these sights compel you to push the shutter release? I'm not being critical or sarcastic - honest. :D I'm trying to understand what you're seeing that I'm not, so that I can respond to these images.
    I ask because I deal with traffic like this five-days-a-week on my commute home, and I am driving/riding in Boston and Cambridge, USA, not in Egypt. :D

    Actually BD... I want you to be critical of my stuff... that is the only way to learn... or at least, it has always worked for me... which is why I said that the second image would also not do well...

    I'll give you a bit of insight into the "why", which I guess I'm missing from the photos. I "saw" this but forgot to "capture" it on the photos... does that make sense???

    While riding on the tour bus in Cairo, I noticed that there are no lanes on the streets... people basically make their own lanes of traffic... so in one area the road may be able to handle what we would consider 3 lanes of traffic but there would actually be 5 lanes of traffic... people basically on top of each other...

    Now, thanks to me posting this and the comments here, I see what you are saying... which actually makes total sense...
    Miguel
    www.kabestudios.com
    I use a little bit of everything gear wise...
    Nikon/Canon/Sony/GoPro/Insta360º/Mavic 2 Pro
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited January 15, 2010
    TexPhotog wrote:

    While riding on the tour bus in Cairo, I noticed that there are no lanes on the streets... people basically make their own lanes of traffic... so in one area the road may be able to handle what we would consider 3 lanes of traffic but there would actually be 5 lanes of traffic... people basically on top of each other...

    In Madrid there are lanes marked on the street but people do the same anywayrolleyes1.gif.
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  • TexPhotogTexPhotog Registered Users Posts: 187 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2010
    Richard wrote:
    In Madrid there are lanes marked on the street but people do the same anywayrolleyes1.gif.

    Hahaha... so true, I mean, don't get me wrong, the same happens in Mexico... but I guess seeing how people would drive only inches from other cars was kind of unusual... and I should've gone wider to show what I "saw"...

    Which again, is helping me see what I'm not seeing in my shots...
    Miguel
    www.kabestudios.com
    I use a little bit of everything gear wise...
    Nikon/Canon/Sony/GoPro/Insta360º/Mavic 2 Pro
  • TexPhotogTexPhotog Registered Users Posts: 187 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2010
    BTW, these aren't "packed" but since it's my thread and I'm getting great input, I'll add these two to see what you guys think...

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    Miguel
    www.kabestudios.com
    I use a little bit of everything gear wise...
    Nikon/Canon/Sony/GoPro/Insta360º/Mavic 2 Pro
  • damonffdamonff Registered Users Posts: 1,894 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2010
    The shot of the boy on the mule would be killer in black and white with a little post-processing. The woman on the left side works for me...it adds conversation and movement to the moment.
  • Nikonic1Nikonic1 Registered Users Posts: 684 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2010
    Side note: cool home made tail light covers on the bus :ivar:ivar
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  • Nikonic1Nikonic1 Registered Users Posts: 684 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2010
    damonff wrote:
    The shot of the boy on the mule would be killer in black and white with a little post-processing. The woman on the left side works for me...it adds conversation and movement to the moment.


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  • TexPhotogTexPhotog Registered Users Posts: 187 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    damonff wrote:
    The shot of the boy on the mule would be killer in black and white with a little post-processing. The woman on the left side works for me...it adds conversation and movement to the moment.

    I'm gonna sound like a NOOB again... but what kind of post are you talking about???
    Miguel
    www.kabestudios.com
    I use a little bit of everything gear wise...
    Nikon/Canon/Sony/GoPro/Insta360º/Mavic 2 Pro
  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    TexPhotog wrote:
    I'm gonna sound like a NOOB again... but what kind of post are you talking about???

    A "post" is a response in the thread. Notice that they are numbered. So the "post" by damonff is #10 in this thread which you have named "Packed".

    BTW, it is usually better to begin a new thread if you post new pictures. That way someone who has looked at "Packed" would not miss it because they already saw the first shot and thought new entries were about that one.
  • Nikonic1Nikonic1 Registered Users Posts: 684 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    Sorry, rainbow, but I have to kindly disagree. Damonff was talking about editing (processing) the image after uploading it to your computer (post-processing, or, PP) in his comments I believe.
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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2010
    Nikonic1 wrote:
    Sorry, rainbow, but I have to kindly disagree. Damonff was talking about editing (processing) the image after uploading it to your computer (post-processing, or, PP) in his comments I believe.

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    I will not edit it, though, or your reference to my "miss" will not make sense. Thanks for catching it so quickly thumb.gif
  • Nikonic1Nikonic1 Registered Users Posts: 684 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2010
    rainbow wrote:
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    I will not edit it, though, or your reference to my "miss" will not make sense. Thanks for catching it so quickly thumb.gif


    thumb.gifthumbthumb.gifNo harm, no foul. :cavigbeer.gif
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  • TexPhotogTexPhotog Registered Users Posts: 187 Major grins
    edited January 18, 2010
    Yeah... my bad... I should've clarified... I meant what kind of post-pro should be done to the photo before converting it into B&W...

    As far as opening a new thread... BD and the gang in this thread were already kicking my a$$ with their knowledge and insight, which is why I was showing two other examples... for more kicking...

    But you are correct... I should've open up a new thread with the new photos... I see your point on that... ;)
    Miguel
    www.kabestudios.com
    I use a little bit of everything gear wise...
    Nikon/Canon/Sony/GoPro/Insta360º/Mavic 2 Pro
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