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Sniping with a telephoto
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All shots taken with a 135 mm on a 40 D (216 mm equivalent on 35 mm)
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All shots taken with a 135 mm on a 40 D (216 mm equivalent on 35 mm)
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There's something captivating about the boy's cap and him slurping a soda just like a kid with unbounded curiosity, leading my eye to the triangle of light. If only that pesky set of blurry fingers weren't there..... Otherwise, I really like what you've done with this one.
D90 + D50 Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM
Nikon 55-300 mm f4.5-5.6G ED DX AF-S VR
Landscapes, Sport and Buildings are my bag.
Chris White Cheltenham England
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Thanks! Interesting that the one color shot, without the face showing, is so well-liked (by me, too).
Thanks. I have seen some very well done b/w shots done on that software.
I recently acquired Lightroom 3. In the develop module, I hit the "Black and White" button. Then I work my way down the sliders from top to bottom: recovery, blacks (hold the "ALT" key with these two), fill light, and brightness. Occasionally, I use the highlight and contrast sliders and exposure slider (if I missed on the exposure). Rarely, I will use a color slider to play with adjusting one color. Occasional sharpening and noise sliders used...
I try to pay particular attention to the blacks and finding the "grey" skintone that I like.
Thanks.
#1 was actually one of my favorite because of the matter-of-fact sharing of the beverage while their attention was together on something unseen.
I had mentioned in your "complicit portrait" thread that I had tried a telephoto recently (which these are). These were shot while walking the three blocks (so "in motion") back to the BART subway in SF.
After taking and viewing these, I decided that I did not really like sniping. Why? Because I feel totally detached from the shots, whether good or bad. It was something seen at a distance and I had no interaction with the shot other than spotting it and snapping it. This is contrasted with my usual use of a wide angle (often 17mm - 40 or 24 - 70 or -105) where I have to get in their face and feel their physical presence. In these, other senses (smell, hearing...) are engaged and I have more ownership of the shot as I recall them viscerally as well as visually.
I agree with Jennifer. #6 is the real "street photograph." Doing street with a long lens can work, but it only works well when you're in a place where half the people around you are carrying cameras. St. Augustine is one of those places and so are most tourist towns during the season. The rest of the time you'd better carry something small if you hope to get real street photographs as opposed to pictures of people on the street.
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D90 + D50 Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM
Nikon 55-300 mm f4.5-5.6G ED DX AF-S VR
Landscapes, Sport and Buildings are my bag.
Chris White Cheltenham England
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Downtown SF also has cameras everywhere. #6 likely works best with this long lens because the lights of the BART train add the context/setting. Otherwise, the people being shot have to be interesting enough to carry the shot, which rarely happens. I was deliberately trying the long lens sniping and will return to my wide angles.
Thanks!
The "bokeh" and subject isolation on the 135L is wonderful -- love the quality of shots from this lens. But, alas, for street, I will return to getting up close and personal with a wide angle lens.
Thanks!