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but most serious street photographers, whatever their other disagreements, would say that street photography, as a genre, should include people (or a near substitute that suggests human presence, like street chairs.) Street photography exists to capture moments of time that comment on the human condition.

According to that view, a mere shot of a street would not be street photography.

I don't imagine anyone here cares though.
Kriekira said:


If it stops raining I might get some more.
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Frank
http://www.sidewalkshadows.com

ego sum via et veritas et vita
 
I regularly shoot SP with a 1dsIII. Not to beat a dead horse, but after 1000's of street shots with the g1, I have no confidence in it because of IQ and AF. You will see on this, and the other, SP m43 thread that there are very few shots of people moving. ISO limitations are also crippling

I did use the g1 in Japan this summer, and I was working on a shot this morning that illustrates both the promise, and the limitations, of this format:



It would have very awkward to take this shot with a big camera shot at eye level. She was at the next table in a French cafe in Tokyo. The quality of light was lovely. The ability to shoot from waist, or table level, is a major plus. Score one for m43.

Now, I was recently excoriated by my friends on the SP thread on the Canon lens forum, for over-relying on AE. Here, fortunately, there was enough bright highlights that AE underexposed somewhat, so the picture could be saved.

However, the lack of DR and general malleability of the image meant that

--Color versions were not workable. There was a lovely softness of light that the 1dsIII might have held better. I wish I could show it to you.

--Even with careful work in LR, there are far more blown highlights than I would like. This was a graceful and delicate scene that the sensor did not do justice to.

It's not a total loss, but ouch.

I perhaps should have underexposed it further to hold the highlights, but what would have happened to her face (and hair) in shadow?

No dslr could as easily get this shot. But the m43 sensor could not handle it.

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Frank
http://www.sidewalkshadows.com

ego sum via et veritas et vita
 
has not been made.

However, at the moment, dslr's are by far the most capable.

They offer:
-wonderful sensors up to FF, with great jpg's and wonderful flexibility in raw.
-Fantastic high ISO capability.
-IS
-Fast AF.

-An incredible variety of lenses, including zooms that compete with professional primes. Some lenses are of exceptional quality.
-vertical grips.
-almost infinite battery life.
-tracking focus of moving subjects.
-incredible flexibility of controls, including automatic and manual operation
-gradually decreasing levels of noise
-gradually improving (one trusts) live view shooting.
-the possibility of professional fill flash and other flash shooting.

Granted, on first glance, no one would think of a dslr as the ideal street camera. And it isn't. It's too large, clunky and noisy. But it is now the best street camera, by far.

Check out the Weekly Street Photography thread on the Canon lens forum. All kinds of cameras are used. But dslr's rule. Wonderful images are made.

Check out this retrospective of our stalwart, Zubu Burunda.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1029&message=33896958

He uses a Nikon D3 and D700.

Can your camera get these shots?
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Frank
http://www.sidewalkshadows.com

ego sum via et veritas et vita
 
It does look very much as what I saw on our car window. Fred, my husband, left the drops alone on the car window while driving so that I could take a few shots of them. We were moving so I had to choose for fast shutter speed and high iso. It was a bit of fun on a boring trip home :-)
Brian Mosley said:
Hi Roosje, thanks for sharing - that's great... it reminds me of a shot I took for the bokehgraphy thread on GetDPI...
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Roosje
http://www.flickr.com/photos/roosjeh/
 
buchie said:
Brian: Wonderful shot and timing! =)

Here are some of my shots, straight jpeg and no pp.
SUper newbie here and trying to learn the proper way of composition :)
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You are doing pretty well so far. Especially with the composition! I would advise that you get closer in though, the key to streetshooting is the people! Here's a couple (pre-G1) that are among my personal favourites:-





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Mike Davis
Photographing the public for over 50 years
http://www.flickr.com/photos/watchman
 
all shot with kit lens + dynamic film mode with contrast -2 and saturation -2. auto tone in LR. pictures were linked from facebook, hence the rendering might not be perfect.

some people call it a foreign worker fetish. background info: where i come from, Singapore, we rely heavily on foreign workers in our construction industry. i love walking around taking pictures of them as they're so photogenic and willing to smile for the camera.

f5.6, 1/320sec, iso200



f5.6, 1/50sec, iso200



f4.5, 1/320 sec, iso200

 
fad said:
but most serious street photographers, whatever their other disagreements, would say that street photography, as a genre, should include people (or a near substitute that suggests human presence, like street chairs.) Street photography exists to capture moments of time that comment on the human condition.

According to that view, a mere shot of a street would not be street photography.

I don't imagine anyone here cares though.

Kriekira wrote:
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I do care. I do think my shot qualifies, though it has the overlay of irony presented as it is as "street photography". It seems very much to be a moment in time that comments on the human condition. At least, to me. And it wouldn't work that way without the human in the shot.

 
Hi Brian, Nice to meet you. I love your photo. I saw the over all composition and then there is that great girl jump! What fun. Thanks for posting. I hope to have a web site one of these days and will start to post here. I have been a member here for 9 years or so but have not posted too often.
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Roger Bloemers
 
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