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[Kung Fu]

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[Vidau]

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Very good photo, especially with the difficulty of taking it with the camera and a bottle in hand

 

[Kung Fu]

Somewhere in Manhattan today.



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Very good photo, especially with the difficulty of taking it with the camera and a bottle in hand

Thanks Vidau. I needed the water today, it was hot out there! ;-)

 

[SteveS58]

Somewhere in Manhattan today.



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Very good photo, especially with the difficulty of taking it with the camera and a bottle in hand

Excellent selfie KF. Love the lighting, composition, and PP. It reminds me of the feeling in a Hopper painting.

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[Kung Fu]

Somewhere in Manhattan today.



Instagram: @joeltunnah

Very good photo, especially with the difficulty of taking it with the camera and a bottle in hand

Excellent selfie KF. Love the lighting, composition, and PP. It reminds me of the feeling in a Hopper painting.

Thanks Steve, I appreciate the feedback!

 

[SteveS58]

Somewhere in Manhattan today.



Instagram: @joeltunnah

Very good photo, especially with the difficulty of taking it with the camera and a bottle in hand

Excellent selfie KF. Love the lighting, composition, and PP. It reminds me of the feeling in a Hopper painting.

Thanks Steve, I appreciate the feedback!

Also, the fellow on the right in the straw porkpie hat looks somewhat bizarre, probably because he is shaded and because of the reflection of the car behind him. I think this works to the advantage of your photo. And the lighting on the lady in that unusual dress is beautiful.

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Steve Schulman
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[Kung Fu]

Somewhere in Manhattan today.



Instagram: @joeltunnah

Very good photo, especially with the difficulty of taking it with the camera and a bottle in hand

Excellent selfie KF. Love the lighting, composition, and PP. It reminds me of the feeling in a Hopper painting.

Thanks Steve, I appreciate the feedback!

Also, the fellow on the right in the straw porkpie hat looks somewhat bizarre, probably because he is shaded and because of the reflection of the car behind him. I think this works to the advantage of your photo. And the lighting on the lady in that unusual dress is beautiful.

Yes, there was a reflection or window smudge right over his face, and a shadow. I tried to clean it up a little, but yeah, it is what it is. Thanks.

 

[Dan Marchant]

Great shot.

Loved my oh too brief visit to NY last year. Going to make a return trip, hopefully next year, for a planned photo project.

 

[minus6]

nice frame. the subtle colors work well here.

 

[itsallBb2me]

Somewhere in Paris

 

[WunWegWunDarWun]

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It's good, gives a convincing 1950s chrome feel with only the st*rb*cks glasses giving away it being contemporary. The modern car reflection somewhat spoils it though so if you have the same shot with it having passed it might work better.

 

[Kung Fu]

Somewhere in Manhattan today.



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It's good, gives a convincing 1950s chrome feel with only the st*rb*cks glasses giving away it being contemporary. The modern car reflection somewhat spoils it though so if you have the same shot with it having passed it might work better.

The car was parked. Such is street photography.

Thanks for your comments.

 

[Kung Fu]

nice frame. the subtle colors work well here.

Thank you!

 

[Kung Fu]

Great shot.
Loved my oh too brief visit to NY last year. Going to make a return trip, hopefully next year, for a planned photo project.

Thanks Dan, and good luck with your project!

 

[skanter]

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It's good, gives a convincing 1950s chrome feel with only the st*rb*cks glasses giving away it being contemporary. The modern car reflection somewhat spoils it though so if you have the same shot with it having passed it might work better.

The car was parked. Such is street photography.

Pretty easy to remoive the reflection, it does distract from a good photo.



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[Kung Fu]

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It's good, gives a convincing 1950s chrome feel with only the st*rb*cks glasses giving away it being contemporary. The modern car reflection somewhat spoils it though so if you have the same shot with it having passed it might work better.

The car was parked. Such is street photography.

Pretty easy to remoive the reflection, it does distract from a good photo.

I guess this comes down to personal philosophy. I could actually rent a shop or space, hire two models, set up lights, wardrobe, remove any distractions, pose them... and what would I be left with? What would be the point of that image? Would it be “street photography”? Whatever it would be, it most definitely would not be reality.

I like that I stumbled on this scene and noticed it, and it took place in a real time and a real place, and it has warts, and it’s not perfect, and that’s ok.

 

[skanter]

Somewhere in Manhattan today.



Instagram: @joeltunnah

It's good, gives a convincing 1950s chrome feel with only the st*rb*cks glasses giving away it being contemporary. The modern car reflection somewhat spoils it though so if you have the same shot with it having passed it might work better.

The car was parked. Such is street photography.

Pretty easy to remoive the reflection, it does distract from a good photo.

I guess this comes down to personal philosophy. I could actually rent a shop or space, hire two models, set up lights, wardrobe, remove any distractions, pose them... and what would I be left with? What would be the point of that image? Would it be “street photography”? Whatever it would be, it most definitely would not be reality.

Not this again.

So you are implying that an edited photo is the same thing as a staged one? Really?

So the great masters were not allowed to crop, dodge, and burn their prints in a darkroom, and modern street photographers are not allowed to use any of the tools of modern photography to fulfil the intent of their images? Is that a rule? Which philosophy is that?

I’ve got news for you: photography is NOT reality - especially street photography. If you are a street photographer, you take “reality” and create something different.

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[mschf]

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It's good, gives a convincing 1950s chrome feel with only the st*rb*cks glasses giving away it being contemporary. The modern car reflection somewhat spoils it though so if you have the same shot with it having passed it might work better.

The car was parked. Such is street photography.

Pretty easy to remoive the reflection, it does distract from a good photo.

I guess this comes down to personal philosophy. I could actually rent a shop or space, hire two models, set up lights, wardrobe, remove any distractions, pose them... and what would I be left with? What would be the point of that image? Would it be “street photography”? Whatever it would be, it most definitely would not be reality.

I like that I stumbled on this scene and noticed it, and it took place in a real time and a real place, and it has warts, and it’s not perfect, and that’s ok.

Firstly, great shot with a little mystery vibe in the two people seated! If it were my shot, I might also check out how it might hold up as a b&w.

Secondly, 100% agree with you.

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[skanter]

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Instagram: @joeltunnah

It's good, gives a convincing 1950s chrome feel with only the st*rb*cks glasses giving away it being contemporary. The modern car reflection somewhat spoils it though so if you have the same shot with it having passed it might work better.

The car was parked. Such is street photography.

Pretty easy to remoive the reflection, it does distract from a good photo.

I guess this comes down to personal philosophy. I could actually rent a shop or space, hire two models, set up lights, wardrobe, remove any distractions, pose them... and what would I be left with? What would be the point of that image? Would it be “street photography”? Whatever it would be, it most definitely would not be reality.

I like that I stumbled on this scene and noticed it, and it took place in a real time and a real place, and it has warts, and it’s not perfect, and that’s ok.

Firstly, great shot with a little mystery vibe in the two people seated! If it were my shot, I might also check out how it might hold up as a b&w.

Secondly, 100% agree with you.

Wouldn’t stripping a photo of color and converting to B&W contradict Joel’s philosophy of keeping with “reality” even more than simply removing a glaring highlight? And yours, in your belief in not changing after the fact what you’ve seen in the viewfinder?

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[Kung Fu]

Somewhere in Manhattan today.



Instagram: @joeltunnah

It's good, gives a convincing 1950s chrome feel with only the st*rb*cks glasses giving away it being contemporary. The modern car reflection somewhat spoils it though so if you have the same shot with it having passed it might work better.

The car was parked. Such is street photography.

Pretty easy to remoive the reflection, it does distract from a good photo.

I guess this comes down to personal philosophy. I could actually rent a shop or space, hire two models, set up lights, wardrobe, remove any distractions, pose them... and what would I be left with? What would be the point of that image? Would it be “street photography”? Whatever it would be, it most definitely would not be reality.

Not this again.

So you are implying that an edited photo is the same thing as a staged one? Really?

So the great masters were not allowed to crop, dodge, and burn their prints in a darkroom, and modern street photographers are not allowed to use any of the tools of modern photography to fulfil the intent of their images? Is that a rule? Which philosophy is that?

I’ve got news for you: photography is NOT reality - especially street photography. If you are a street photographer, you take “reality” and create something different.

You’re very passionate about this topic Sam, I respect that. I’m not saying any of those things are inherently bad or wrong for you to do. I don’t make rules for other people. You do you, I’ll do me.

Some people were upset by Steve McCurry cloning people and things out of his photos, some couldn’t care less.