A few recent street candids

Richard

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2

3

4

Thanks for looking. C&C always welcome.

Cheers,

NeilL

All nicely shot, Richard.

#3 is an odd composition, but I like it the best

What gear?

Neil

Rhinotherunt

I like 1 & 3!

Richard

Thanks, Ryan and Neil. All shot with a Canon 20D and 70-200 f/4L.

Swartzy

Nice sharp shots Richard....They look a little square to me...as in perfectly lined up...horizon level, etc. Being the type of photos they are you could take the liberty of some different types of processing to give them the "street" feel. I hope this makes sense.????

Richard

Swartzy wrote:

Nice sharp shots Richard....They look a little square to me...as in perfectly lined up...horizon level, etc. Being the type of photos they are you could take the liberty of some different types of processing to give them the "street" feel. I hope this makes sense.????

Yes, you're right, there's nothing gritty here. I guess that living in the center of a big city makes me more likely to look for little bits of calm amidst the chaos. Of the four pics, I think your suggestion would apply best to #1. #2 and #3 are really about light and shadow. #4 is just plain strange, which usually appeals to me. I'll play around with #1 and see if some edgy processing gives it a boost.

Thanks a lot for the observation, Swartzy. It has given me food for thought.

Regards,

joshhuntnm

I like how, on #1 the foreground/ subject pops away from the background.

Cosmopolitan

In #2 I like the effect the dog has ... he really grabs your attention.

Richard

Thanks, Cosmopolitan and Josh.

Here's a "streety" version of #1 for Swartzy:

I like getting rid of the ugly orange jacket, but I think the reflections in the window don't work as well in B&W.

NeilL

NeilL wrote:

All nicely shot, Richard.

#3 is an odd composition, but I like it the best

What gear?

Neil

Correction, I meant #4. Maybe you gathered.

The 70-200mm f4 (IS?) L is a ripper isn't it!

Neil

NeilL

Richard wrote:

Thanks, Cosmopolitan and Josh.

Here's a "streety" version of #1 for Swartzy:

I like getting rid of the ugly orange jacket, but I think the reflections in the window don't work as well in B&W.

Ooh, I think you have to be careful discarding color as if it was dust to be blown off a lens. Color is every bit as solid an element as any recognisable object. Getting rid of color can be as drastic as cloning or cropping out.

For me the colors in this shot are essential to the composition, which is substantially diminished by their removal. The colors are like a map with which you plot your way through the image, from the walker in the foreground to the attenuated architecture dwelling in the recesses of the background. I am lost without them.

Neil

Richard

NeilL wrote:

The colors are like a map with which you plot your way through the image, from the walker in the foreground to the attenuated architecture dwelling in the recesses of the background. I am lost without them.

I just wish people wouldn't wear such ugly colors.

Swartzy

Yea, your right Richard, the reflection gets lost in the conversion. What I think makes it a bit more difficult is the lack of definite subject/theme. Not sure if it's the maniquin in the window, the guy on the cell phone or the lady walking towards the store. There are 3 figures there looking and going in different directions. The b&w simply put them all on the same playing field so to speak highlighting that lack of subject/theme. This is a tough one .....but yea, that's the idea for sure....