::Weekly Street Photography-December 20th::

The Weekly Street Photography of sunday the twentieth of December is here.

This week we don't have a week theme, so it is

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this week.

Please, please don't be shy and show us your (recent) streetpics.

Only for the truly fearless, desperately clueless and the odd masochist,
we have ::: THE CRITICS PIT ::: where you can post a photograph to
be reviewed without mercy !

Underneath that you can find the ::: HISTORICAL CORNER ::: where you can
post your personal favorites from masters of street photography of the past!

Below that is the ::: TECHNICAL CORNER ::: where you can post
technical tips and/or questions concerning streetphotography.

And next we have the ::: PORTRAITS CORNER ::: where you can post
your candid street portraits .

You can find the WSP Archives here:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1029&message=34015194

Streetphotography isn't about architecture, but it is the art of
photographing people in the city as they interact with other people,
their surroundings or with YOU; the photographer.

There are many different ways and styles to do streetphotography.

You can use a long tele-lens and work as a sniper making sure people
won't notice you, or you can use a wide lens and engage with the people
you are capturing with your camera.

Streetphotography is a rewarding form of photography
where style and personality becomes a part of the picture.

Member said:

Q:

Member said:

I never have taken a picture I've intended.
They're always better or worse.

Diane Arbus

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Peter Dumont said:

Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate

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Okay,

Anyone who drops a photograph in this corner, asks for it.

This is the department where masochists and fearless alike can
submit their photographs to be shredded to pieces by the critics .
(everyone is a critic, right ? )

Don't expect any pat on the back or "gee, that's a pretty capture !" here .
You simply will not find it !!

Peter Dumont said:

Do not enter your snapshots here when you are suffering from

long toes / angst / PMS / heart condition or (hereditary) emotional instability !!

Q :

Peter Dumont said:

My advice is always to make a lot of art; to make a lot of art,
then look at what you have made and then think about what you have done.
If you think first, you will never do anything or you will do something boring.
Art doesn’t exist until the artist has finished making it.

Dave Hickey

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.....or old masters who aren't as famous as they deserve to be!

Peter Dumont said:

post your examples of past masters for consideration and discussion

as an answer to this message to keep this thread organised.
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This is the branch of the thread to post questions and discussion
of technical topics related to street photography.

Peter Dumont said:

Post them as a reply to this message so they stay organized!
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This is the branch of the thread to post street portraits .

and by "street" it means no snapshots of family members or acquaintances .

Peter Dumont said:

Post them as a reply to this message so they stay organized

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Hi y'all,

I took this picture this morning :



This is a stitched image done with the 5D2 & 28-70L @ ~ 50mm.

Best,



http://www.pbase.com/peter_dumont

...and the title is complete (obscure) mystery to me

jpr2
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street candids (non-interactive):
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157609618638319/
music and dance:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341265280/
wildlife, macro, B&W, and 'interactive' street:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341377106/
Comments and critique are always welcome!
~

jpr2 said:

...and the title is complete (obscure) mystery to me

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Quercy,

Look again and you will understand .

Best,



http://www.pbase.com/peter_dumont

maybe because the image is over 3300 pixels wide, and even expanding the cropper it's less than 50% displayed.

Scroll bar to the rescue?

Peter Dumont said:

jpr2 said:

...and the title is complete (obscure) mystery to me

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Quercy,

Look again and you will understand .

Best,



http://www.pbase.com/peter_dumont

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KenC

I'd be very much interested in your opinions about the PP side
here; it was entirely developed, adjusted, NR'ed, sharpened, and
resized using Bibble Pro v5 (preview edition 3.3); tiny bit of a final
despecle cloning in PS (hence the EXIF doesn't mention Bibble);
which means a radical change from my usual (and very easy)
workflow with DPP; on a plus side (if I decide to keep it) would be
an unified workflow and (perhaps) complete, or almost complete,
obviating of any need to go into PS (early days yet, so this might
not be true at all);

anyway, what do you think of PP? - using mostly defaults of course,
as the drawback is much more complex and involved GUI (compared
to DPP's);

The first encounter was rather disappointing:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=34018907

but after taming NR and sharpening defaults it is quite a bit better
in this respect now:



on black background:
http://www.bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=4199264209&size=large

jpr2
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street candids (non-interactive):
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157609618638319/
music and dance:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341265280/
wildlife, macro, B&W, and 'interactive' street:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341377106/
Comments and critique are always welcome!
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Ken Christie said:

maybe because the image is over 3300 pixels wide, and even expanding the cropper it's less than 50% displayed.

Scroll bar to the rescue?

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Well, let's say I felt the itch to stitch .

Best,



http://www.pbase.com/peter_dumont

Ken Christie said:

maybe because the image is over 3300 pixels wide, and even expanding the cropper it's less than 50% displayed.

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I've expanded it as a matter of routine, as I always do,
but indeed it ends then at a blue pedestrian street sign -
scrolling allowed to see more of lovely Haarlem snowed
over,

jpr2
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street candids (non-interactive):
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157609618638319/
music and dance:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341265280/
wildlife, macro, B&W, and 'interactive' street:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341377106/
Comments and critique are always welcome!
~

jpr2 said:

I'd be very much interested in your opinions about the PP side
here; it was entirely developed, adjusted, NR'ed, sharpened, and
resized using Bibble Pro v5 (preview edition 3.3); tiny bit of a final
despecle cloning in PS (hence the EXIF doesn't mention Bibble);
which means a radical change from my usual (and very easy)
workflow with DPP; on a plus side (if I decide to keep it) would be
an unified workflow and (perhaps) complete, or almost complete,
obviating of any need to go into PS (early days yet, so this might
not be true at all);

anyway, what do you think of PP? - using mostly defaults of course,
as the drawback is much more complex and involved GUI (compared
to DPP's);

The first encounter was rather disappointing:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=34018907

but after taming NR and sharpening defaults it is quite a bit better
in this respect now:



on black background:
http://www.bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=4199264209&size=large

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Quercy,
She's beautiful and your colors are very delicate here.

Could you also do this picture in your usual DPP workflow, so we can study the difference side by side ?
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Best,



http://www.pbase.com/peter_dumont

not single but a series, not with canon big boy, but from a compact. anyway, I am really ready for your harsh comments. Shoot it

there was no or very little PP like little brightness adj, these are jpg from camera. No extra sharpening etc.

thanks for your time



















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http://www.flickr.com/photos/aydemiru/

umut said:

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...given the stationary nature of the main and so striking a feature,
perhaps you should take it lass en face, optimally moving camera
to the right - and excluding trash on a window sill in a process; also...
(again utilizing beautiful stationary set of props) it would be much
more fruitful to wait till mobile elements "click together" into more
optimal composition - artificial as all juxtapositions [well gross majority
of them] of the "decisive moment" type are... they should be done
to one's best ability, otherwise... why to do it at all?

as to the "time taken" - isn't it a mutual enterprise - as we all should
contribute not only by posting shots/queries, but also to give our
opinions to others?

happy shooting,
jpr2
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street candids (non-interactive):
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157609618638319/
music and dance:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341265280/
wildlife, macro, B&W, and 'interactive' street:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341377106/
Comments and critique are always welcome!
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jpr2, your critique is very valuable for me, sometime I take my time to have the best chance, sometime as in this shot, due to some reason ( a nervous or curious shop owner, bypasser ) i just click and go on. At the end, looking again, a missed opportunity.

you are exactly right for mutual relationship. But reading your comments and critiques, and considering my very insufficient English to express myself for a satisfactory comment, I generally avoid posting very short and twitter type notes.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/aydemiru/

here are couple street shots in colonial Williamsburg, VA during Xmas season, shot with ef 17-40mm f4 on a 40D. these two make a wonderful combo for landscape and cityscape:

http://azbaha.zenfolio.com/p572883877/h292e8300#h292e8300

http://azbaha.zenfolio.com/p572883877/h292e8300#h30d00f5d

cheerz

First off i see potential in some of your shots but would prefer single shot over collage for critique.

umut said:

jpr2, your critique is very valuable for me, sometime I take my time to have the best chance, sometime as in this shot, due to some reason ( a nervous or curious shop owner, bypasser ) i just click and go on. At the end, looking again, a missed opportunity.

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Don't see it as a missed opportunity see it as a learning experience. Just remember what you got wrong in this decisive moment next time you have a situation likewise this one and you will do great I'm sure.

umut said:

you are exactly right for mutual relationship. But reading your comments and critiques, and considering my very insufficient English to express myself for a satisfactory comment, I generally avoid posting very short and twitter type notes.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/aydemiru/

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Books make you smart, experience makes you wise, pick your poison.
In vita veritas est (In life truth is)
http://picasaweb.google.com/l.naurholm

umut said:

you are exactly right for mutual relationship. But reading your comments and critiques, and considering my very insufficient English to express myself for a satisfactory comment, I generally avoid posting very short and twitter type notes.

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...I'm not native speaker either - the most difficult part is to express why
we don't like something in works of others; but on the other hand it is also
easier as we're not attached to them emotionally, as we sometimes do
towards our own creations;

anyway, without dialogue there is no advancement,

jpr2
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street candids (non-interactive):
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157609618638319/
music and dance:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341265280/
wildlife, macro, B&W, and 'interactive' street:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341377106/
Comments and critique are always welcome!
~

50D 1/100 ISO500 @ 210mm



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Books make you smart, experience makes you wise, pick your poison.
In vita veritas est (In life truth is)
http://picasaweb.google.com/l.naurholm