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lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
edited November 23, 2010 in Street and Documentary
One of the shots I'm using for the current challenge. It's my favorite of the collage bunch. Shot with my 50mm--it's just not wide enough:( for street, or shooting a commute, but I continue to force myself to use it. If I had shot from any further back I would have been shooting from the tracks.
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Liz A.
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  • Quincy TQuincy T Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited November 20, 2010
    Love it. I think it's fascinating how we can convey motion in a picture that doesn't move at all, but I feel like I'm walking along right behind these two, ready to step on the train myself. Well done.
  • misterbmisterb Banned Posts: 601 Major grins
    edited November 20, 2010
    What an awesome, diverse crowd.. great shot.
  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2010
    Sword and Scales wrote: »
    Love it. I think it's fascinating how we can convey motion in a picture that doesn't move at all, but I feel like I'm walking along right behind these two, ready to step on the train myself. Well done.


    Thank you. Glad it works for you.
    Liz A.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2010
    misterb wrote: »
    What an awesome, diverse crowd.. great shot.

    It's moments like this when I want the panasonic gf1 w/ 20mm lens!
    I also wish I had not blurred out so much of the background, I like the look on the woman's face looking at my main subjects. I think this shot could have been special if it was 1 wider and a smidge wider back and all in focus.. Damn!
    Liz A.
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  • misterbmisterb Banned Posts: 601 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2010
    Look at the little girl.. you can see the individual hairs on the kids head!
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited November 21, 2010
    lizzard_nyc wrote: »
    It's moments like this when I want the panasonic gf1 w/ 20mm lens!
    I also wish I had not blurred out so much of the background, I like the look on the woman's face looking at my main subjects. I think this shot could have been special if it was 1 wider and a smidge wider back and all in focus.. Damn!
    The framing is terrific, Liz, so I don't think wider would necessarily been better. However, I agree that there's a focus issue. The woman at the back is the only face visible, so one tends to want that to be sharper than the backs of people in the foreground. I still like the shot, though.
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2010
    Richard wrote: »
    The framing is terrific, Liz, so I don't think wider would necessarily been better. However, I agree that there's a focus issue. The woman at the back is the only face visible, so one tends to want that to be sharper than the backs of people in the foreground. I still like the shot, though.


    Thanks Richard. I was proud of the framing. I did just want a little more of that little girl in the shot though.

    So close on the focus issue! Glad it works still Richard. I love the little girl in the shot--the woman in the train had a look on her face of pure empathy, I saw it live, too bad I didn't capture it. Also you can't tell, but the woman on the train has a baby strapped to her chest.
    Liz A.
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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2010
    It is a good shot... but you have identified what would have made it better. It was the lady in back with the kid that drew my attention.

    You are learning the goods/bads of the 50 pretty quickly. I love the wide angle because I don't have to consider DOF often (though it bites me when a shallow DOF would have been desired).

    BTW, your "NINE" is wonderful as a set. I like #6 with the guy reaching for a handhold while fighting the flow of others onto the car. Might be worth posting here.
  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited November 23, 2010
    rainbow wrote: »
    It is a good shot... but you have identified what would have made it better. It was the lady in back with the kid that drew my attention.

    You are learning the goods/bads of the 50 pretty quickly. I love the wide angle because I don't have to consider DOF often (though it bites me when a shallow DOF would have been desired).

    BTW, your "NINE" is wonderful as a set. I like #6 with the guy reaching for a handhold while fighting the flow of others onto the car. Might be worth posting here.


    Thanks about the "nine" set Rainbow.
    IT's funny that you like that one particular shot. I thought it was the weakest, or one of the weakest of the bunch. I will post it here in a bit and see what others say. It was going to be one of the ones I was going to delete and try and replace with another.

    I still haven't taken my 50mm off my camera, but it does have its minuses, still it's my best lens.
    Liz A.
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