Saturday in the ATL

wxwax

After the rain went through on Saturday, it was time to get out. First stop was at the bike dealership to get a new battery installed. After that, a new housing development downtown... row houses going for premium prices near Georgia Tech. Then a bit of a wander in Midtown. In other words, a pot pourri.

This is the road with the new housing, just after the rain had rolled through.

wxwax

This is the same road, different perspective. You can see the row of houses... that's what's been bugging me. I have yet to get a shot that captures the flow of the row up the hill. I think I need a bigger boat.

wxwax

This is looking down the stoops of the row houses. All in a row, as it were. I have another version of this that I'll post later. It's one one those deals where you can't decide which is more effective (assuming that either is.)

pathfinder

wxwax wrote:

This is looking down the stoops of the row houses. All in a row, as it were. I have another version of this that I'll post later. It's one one those deals where you can't decide which is more effective (assuming that either is.)

Great shots waxy - I think I prefer the drama of the B&W image with the sky, but it may not be the best for demonstraiting the "row after row" effect you are shooting for. This image may be better at demonstating the row after row theme. But I prefer the first...........

wxwax

OK, now it's after sunset in Midtown. Left the bike at a Starbucks so I could get my exercise (how many calories are in a vinti Chai Tea?) Right around the block is an alleyway with these lights.

wxwax

pathfinder wrote:

Great shots waxy - I think I prefer the drama of the B&W image with the sky, but it may not be the best for demonstraiting the "row after row" effect you are shooting for. This image may be better at demonstating the row after row theme. But I prefer the first...........

Thanks Pathfinder. You wouldn't believe how many ways I've shot those houses. I'm going back with the big guns - the 70-200 and the 300. I reckon the ol' telescopic foreshortening (compressing the elements) might do the trick.

John Mueller

Very interesting views.I enjoyed them all

ian408

I was trying a similar thing the other day. I used my 16-35 to capture this.
But it doesn't flow like I wanted either.



I wonder if it would be better shot with a 200?

ian

Andy

oh i dig this, a lot!

wxwax wrote:

This is looking down the stoops of the row houses. All in a row, as it were. I have another version of this that I'll post later. It's one one those deals where you can't decide which is more effective (assuming that either is.)

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss

man i wish i had this one in my bag! nice on, sid. really.

Nir

Great set Sid! I love the 1st in B&W!!

gubbs

Really like these 2 Sid

Phil U.

gubbs wrote:

Really like these 2 Sid

I would second that and also throw this one in - good stuff

lynnma

Great shots Sid.. you've outdone yerself..

wxwax

Thanks guys.

Lynn, you may connect with what I'm about to say. These images were all taken while I was feeling in a photographic funk. I had taken a couple of hundred images in Baltimore and Atlantic City last week and didn't really like any of the shots. So I was in a shooting funk, and shot this stuff just to get out of the house. It's thrilling when shots work out unexpectedly.

But what this really reinforces, yet again , is that you're nothing without lighting. It's all well and good to wander around with a camera, but if you haven't planned for good light, or you're not lucky enough to stumble into it, then your shots will usually not be effective. I learn this lesson over and over, every time the hard way. *sigh*

wxwax

ian408 wrote:

I was trying a similar thing the other day. I used my 16-35 to capture this.
But it doesn't flow like I wanted either.



I wonder if it would be better shot with a 200?

ian

You're trying to capture the stairs as well as the foreground? Hmmmm.

ian408

wxwax wrote:

You're trying to capture the stairs as well as the foreground? Hmmmm.

In a word, yes. What I was trying to get was the feeling the architects
created--the flow of public space into the private space. and the stairs are
a waterfall with very little water.

I'll probably go back next weekend and try some more things.

Ian

wxwax

ian408 wrote:

In a word, yes. What I was trying to get was the feeling the architects
created--the flow of public space into the private space. and the stairs are
a waterfall with very little water.

I'll probably go back next weekend and try some more things.

Ian

Interesting challenge. Can you visualize what the final shot should look like? Sometimes I can. Often I can't. That's when I shoot the thing six ways from Sunday.

wxwax

Just for fun while they were working on my bike, I played with depth of field on the 1.4 lens.

damonff

This one is beautiful...

ian408

wxwax wrote:

Interesting challenge. Can you visualize what the final shot should look like? Sometimes I can. Often I can't. That's when I shoot the thing six ways from Sunday.

I can sometimes and sometimes I know what I want to do but not how to do
it.

One thing I think would help (oddly enough) is a ladder for a change in perspective.
And if I had the guts to fly my camera, I'd try one of those kite/ballon setups
too

Nice shot of the bike too!

Ian

wxwax

ian408 wrote:

One thing I think would help (oddly enough) is a ladder for a change in perspective.

I could have used one in Atlantic City, great but obscured night shot of a hotel with searchlights beaming from the roof. BTW, anyone who's curious about Atlantic City as a shooting opportunity, save your money. The boardwalk is very disappointing, and no piers are open.

Damonff, thanks, I appreciate the compliment.

pathfinder

wxwax wrote:

You're trying to capture the stairs as well as the foreground? Hmmmm.

I think you may be onto something with a ladder Ian. I have often thought that an old bread truck with a ladder to the roof of the truck and even above might be a real advantage for some landscape imagery.
A telephoto will compress the space and bring the water on the steps closer in, if that is what you are desiring. A wide angle will make it appear even farther away, of course.
Waxy, your comment about lighting echoes what I have had to relearn over and over. Find the light, then find the subject. Not vice versa.

Lay photography magazines rhapsodize over new equipment and rarely really talk about lighting. Pro magazines frequently discuss lighting set ups, and less frequently discuss new hardware. Hmmmm maybe those pros are onto something, ya think?

DoctorIt

Waxy - those row house shots are great!

I used a ladder for perspective once. Andy (and guest judge) didn't like it that week...

gtc

Sid ,

All very good-I particularly like the first one-very atmospheric and a little scary-it would be hard to feel like an individual living in a row like that.

Greg

PerezDesignGroup

These are all great shots. Wxwax, you're takin' pics on a whole different level, man! Those are print-ready, fabuloso pics! Congrats

wxwax

Yesterday I wandered back to the same area. I'm actually tring to get a shot that juxtaposes the wooden row homes with a gleaming office building. I missed the light, though.

But with digital you can blow frames without cost, so naturally I wandered a bit looking for something. This is the only something that was worthwhile, same thought as earlier in this thread, but this time from the other end of the arches.

Michiel de Brieder

yowsa!

wxwax wrote:

This is IT as far as I'm concerned!! I like the B/W with the streetlights also very much, and the other shots are very cool but this one It has an essence of photographic art at such a high level.... I am honestly, seriously, undoubtedly, utterly impressed, wow! If this was in my portfolio, I'd be a happy guy
Thanks for sharing, you have a very good photographic eye!

wxwax

That's very flattering, Michiel, thank you very much. Needless to say, I think of myself as a stumbler and bumbler who occasionally lucks into stuff.

mgound

Nice shot Sid! everything works in this shot