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Russ T said:
Evenin' all

These are the first three shots I've looked at after getting back
from a long weekend in Paris. Anybody got any comments or
suggestions?
All taken with the D100 and 24-85mm G series.
cheers
Russ
http://www.pbase.com/image/17757663
http://www.pbase.com/image/17758117
http://www.pbase.com/image/17758362
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I love the first two. I'd like the last one more maybe if you'd had a wider angle lens.
Karen

...but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need.

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Hi Karen

You're right about the third one, and this was actually taken somewhere around 70mm. The building was a beautiful art deco construction but unfortunately as I was looking up at it from pretty close (cramped street) if I went wideangle I got a bad case of the converging verticals, making it look as if the building was falling backwards. One of those cases where I could have done with a 70ft step ladder in my rucksack..

Thanks for the comments!

Russ
kecohen said:
I love the first two. I'd like the last one more maybe if you'd had
a wider angle lens.
Karen

...but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you
need.

http://www.e-designarts.com
http://www.pbase.com/kecohen/
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i can see why you were attracted to this shot. a little less depth of field would have helped to isolate the trio from the crowd in the background. maybe either a straight-on shot from the rear to emphasize the disparity in size between the chairs and the people. or maybe just focusing on one person instead of all three.
Russ T said:
These are the first three shots I've looked at after getting back
from a long weekend in Paris. Anybody got any comments or
suggestions?
All taken with the D100 and 24-85mm G series.
cheers
Russ

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FKS said:
Russ T said:
These are the first three shots I've looked at after getting back
from a long weekend in Paris. Anybody got any comments or
suggestions?
All taken with the D100 and 24-85mm G series.
cheers
Russ

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http://pbase.com/ottokalata
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You may be right, but I think if not for the could of happy onlookers, the three in the chairs might have appeared more freakish. As the shot is, I get the sense of participating, not necessarily observing or of the photographer being critical or judgemental. I love this shot just the way it is. It smacks of good old-fashioned, wholesome fun.

But it just shows how the same scene can be done different ways and take on very different characteristics, wouldn't you say?
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Karen

...but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need.

http://www.e-designarts.com
http://www.pbase.com/kecohen/
 
I really liked your metro shot but was distracted by the mechanism, sky and the building seen in the lower left hand corner. I took the liberty of using some perspective cropping and this is the result.



There is of course some perspective distortion but I think it still works.
Russ T said:
Evenin' all

These are the first three shots I've looked at after getting back
from a long weekend in Paris. Anybody got any comments or
suggestions?
All taken with the D100 and 24-85mm G series.
cheers
Russ
http://www.pbase.com/image/17757663
http://www.pbase.com/image/17758117
http://www.pbase.com/image/17758362
Click to expand...
 
kecohen said:
kecohen said:
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You may be right, but I think if not for the could of happy
onlookers, the three in the chairs might have appeared more
freakish. As the shot is, I get the sense of participating, not
necessarily observing or of the photographer being critical or
judgemental. I love this shot just the way it is. It smacks of good
old-fashioned, wholesome fun.

But it just shows how the same scene can be done different ways and
take on very different characteristics, wouldn't you say?
--
Karen
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It's an interesting point. If you have 5 minutes, try to do a "poor man's depth of field" de-focus of the background with this shot just to get an idea of what it would look like. I did this and have to agree with Karen, it isolates the principal subjects and gives (me) the impression of ridicule rather than fun. With an almost full-on depth of field it becomes apparent that the subjects aren't the focus of amusement of everyone. Just my opinion and I'm probably over-complicating it!

Incidentally Jean-Claude, we were all watching a great street performer on the bridge to Ille St. Louis. Not for the first time though an audience was more photogenic than the performer.
cheers all
Russ

 
Hi Joel

100% agree with you on your suggested modification. and I'd guess that an art nouveau structure is one of the subjects where a little distortion really can go unnoticed :)
cheers

Russ
Joel Rosen said:


There is of course some perspective distortion but I think it still
works.
Russ T said:
Evenin' all

These are the first three shots I've looked at after getting back
from a long weekend in Paris. Anybody got any comments or
suggestions?
All taken with the D100 and 24-85mm G series.
cheers
Russ



http://www.pbase.com/image/17758117
http://www.pbase.com/image/17758362
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Russ T said:
It's an interesting point. If you have 5 minutes, try to do a "poor
man's depth of field" de-focus of the background with this shot
just to get an idea of what it would look like. I did this and have
to agree with Karen, it isolates the principal subjects and gives
(me) the impression of ridicule rather than fun. With an almost
full-on depth of field it becomes apparent that the subjects aren't
the focus of amusement of everyone. Just my opinion and I'm
probably over-complicating it!
Incidentally Jean-Claude, we were all watching a great street
performer on the bridge to Ille St. Louis. Not for the first time
though an audience was more photogenic than the performer.
cheers all
Russ
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I agree with you, the large DOF help to understand that the subject is part of the audience and the action is somewere else.
This picture push me to ask the question.
It is great.
russ t said:
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As an pseudo-expert in antiques, I can tell you that these are genuine and very rare Louis XIV miniature chairs (used when he was just a petit prince), and if they were not crushed by those chubby people, they would be worth a fortune!
Russ T said:
Evenin' all

These are the first three shots I've looked at after getting back
from a long weekend in Paris. Anybody got any comments or
suggestions?
All taken with the D100 and 24-85mm G series.
cheers
Russ
http://www.pbase.com/image/17757663
http://www.pbase.com/image/17758117
http://www.pbase.com/image/17758362
Click to expand...
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Bill Adams
http://www.pbase.com/bill_adams
 
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