On the Tube [Archive] - Talk Photography

Dark Star

12-05-2008, 18:04

I bowled into London last night and, predictably, had my gear with me :)

Some crafty tube shots, I hope you like 'em :):

1) (Hope this is okay as a 2:1 Pano)

http://www.darkstarimages.co.uk/general/tube1.jpg

2)

http://www.darkstarimages.co.uk/general/tube2.jpg

3)

http://www.darkstarimages.co.uk/general/tube5.jpg

4) Ignorance is Bliss - Grrrr!

http://www.darkstarimages.co.uk/general/tube31.jpg

5)

http://www.darkstarimages.co.uk/general/tube32.jpg

6)

http://www.darkstarimages.co.uk/general/tube33.jpg

7)

http://www.darkstarimages.co.uk/general/tube24.jpg

veloman

12-05-2008, 18:26

I like these photographs a lot John,lots to look at in them and the colours are superb.Have you noticed the chap in #7 with the stripey shirt,phoning someone and doing that 'Man thing',scratching his bits.Priceless.:)

V.

Dark Star

12-05-2008, 18:28

Thanks vman!

And yes the scratcher caught my attention :D

superstat

12-05-2008, 18:41

Love the whole feel of number 6...the noise really adds to it...

Think its a great shot.

Like the rest as well....

But were you not a little wary of getting battered?

marky_h

12-05-2008, 18:51

Good set John :thumbs: - some great 'real life' stuff there! :D

Dark Star

12-05-2008, 19:18

Thanks Superstat and Mark - I have a few more that I might post later and no, I never fear a battering :D Way too careful for that :D

veloman

12-05-2008, 19:23

'A life without risk is'nt worth living',can't remember who said it but I subscribe to it.

V.

Janice

12-05-2008, 19:28

Number 3 for me, John. But I like them all.

You're getting very brave! Thats why I like the countryside, you dont have to ask the wildlife... or if you get caught they cant thump you!!!

Dark Star

12-05-2008, 19:37

Number 3 for me, John. But I like them all.

You're getting very brave! Thats why I like the countryside, you dont have to ask the wildlife... or if you get caught they cant thump you!!!

Thanks Janice - not so much brave as bleedin' sneaky :)

Duckydoodle

12-05-2008, 19:38

Very good shots there John. I wish I was that brave or brasen ;)

Stephen67

12-05-2008, 20:13

Oh these are just something else!!! You've really raised the bar with these Dark Star! I'm gonna have to up the anti LOL.
The 'Please keep feet off seats' shot is TRUE Matt Stuart style! I'm dead jealous!
Amazing :clap::clap::clap:

Dark Star

12-05-2008, 20:35

Thanks Maureen and Stephen, praise indeed :notworthy: :)

ekimeno

12-05-2008, 21:36

Great shots, Dark Star. Love the lighting - so bright and neon. Great characters on the tube, though definitely not a place you want to get caught taking pictures of someone who decides they don't like you. Nowhere to run to, baby, nowhere to hide....

I've done it before on the tube, but it was of a sleeping guy :)

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/IMG_3368.jpg

foodpoison

12-05-2008, 21:44

If you'd have gotten on the Bakerloo line at around 10, you would possibly have seen me on the tube, with my trousers round my arse, and my brightly coloured boxers hanging out, on the way back from a gig :p

I like these shots, I like the noise in the candids, too.
Have #2 and #3 been given a tone mapping treatment? Look kinda flat to me.

Dark Star

13-05-2008, 06:05

Thanks chaps

fp - the first 3 are all HDR and have been tone mapped as part of that process

Lady Pitstop

13-05-2008, 08:59

Love em :love: fantastic shots :thumbs: #3 and 6 stand out for me though :)

kmlc

13-05-2008, 09:21

No.6 does it for me John :)

bloody awesome... really like the grainy feel and just so natural!!! Reminds me of something that would be in a magazine... :lol:

:)

well done

wull

13-05-2008, 09:34

Great photies mate, Laughed at the guy in No7 :D

Weggy

13-05-2008, 09:41

Like these!

Is that your reflection in number 2? You shooting from the lap?! :lol:

What gear did you use for these? I assume no flash, so a pretty fast lens?

Dark Star

13-05-2008, 10:03

Thanks Donna, Katy, Wull and Weggy - yep that is me in the 2nd shot and yep lap shots! a) for steadiness (HDRs are all 3 shot jobbies) and b) surreptiousness (if thats a word! :D)

And its my 40D with the Sigma 10-20 mm in all cases

kmlc

13-05-2008, 10:11

:clap:

Dark Star

13-05-2008, 11:37

:clap:

Thank you for that random clap Katy, most appreciated :D

Toothie

13-05-2008, 15:32

Excellent shots John number 1 and 7 for me :thumbs:

GFWilliams

13-05-2008, 17:30

brilliant shots - especially the first one. When I saw it I thought "wow"!

Dark Star

13-05-2008, 17:46

Many Thanks Ruth and GFW, a bit of a change from my recent countryside efforts :D

Tim Sainsbury

13-05-2008, 22:20

Number one is my favourite tbh, very simple and effective. Like the way "Mind the gap" sits down on the right.

Jimmy_Lemon

13-05-2008, 22:25

Just stop being so good at these sort of shots John! makes me very jealous :( lol - seriously a cracking set! :thumbs:

Dark Star

13-05-2008, 22:56

Thanks Snappyt and Tom - you are too kind mate ;) Sometimes I think its more luck than judgment :D

hillwalkinggirl

13-05-2008, 23:06

:clap:Great shots - lots of interest in them, but how do you manage to get these shots. Do you hide the camera under your mac or something.:coat:

Dark Star

13-05-2008, 23:17

:clap:Great shots - lots of interest in them, but how do you manage to get these shots. Do you hide the camera under your mac or something.:coat:

Mac!!! Nooo not me :D

Thanks Barbara, its simple - its the 40D + 10-20mm resting on my lap in plain site for the carriage shots or by my side for the walking shots, aim, fire, chimp, aim and fire again and so on. I also make sure the shutter sound is covered by the train noise or a cough if its quiet and bingo.

Great fun and not been attacked yet! I have a few more that I might post :D

hillwalkinggirl

13-05-2008, 23:34

Mac!!! Nooo not me :D

Thanks Barbara, its simple - its the 40D + 10-20mm resting on my lap in plain site for the carriage shots or by my side for the walking shots, aim, fire, chimp, aim and fire again and so on. I also make sure the shutter sound is covered by the train noise or a cough if its quiet and bingo.

Great fun and not been attacked yet! I have a few more that I might post :D

But how do you know what you are taking when you can't see through the viewfinder. Do you just take lots and hope they will be OK. What mode do you use. When I've tried to take shots of characters that I think might not like it, I get hubby to stand in the picture and then pretend I'm focusing on him. Downside is many blurry pics of hubby.

Look forward to seeing more shots.

Dark Star

13-05-2008, 23:39

But how do you know what you are taking when you can't see through the viewfinder. Do you just take lots and hope they will be OK. What mode do you use.

The 10-20mm is so wide I know if I aim I'll capture (more or less) what I want but it may take a couple of shots (hence the chimping :)) to get it just so. All in AV mode and these with high ISOs - 1000 or so

The walking ones are less planned - I circled the couple and took about a dozen shots of which half or so are workable. The B&W was one attempt.

The two lads: 6 shots and maybe 2 or 3 just right.

So an element of luck plus some judgment - kinda works ;)

hillwalkinggirl

13-05-2008, 23:45

The 10-20mm is so wide I know if I aim I'll capture (more or less) what I want but it may take a couple of shots (hence the chimping :)) to get it just so. All in AV mode and these with high ISOs - 1000 or so

The walking ones are less planned - I circled the couple and took about a dozen shots of which half or so are workable. The B&W was one attempt.

The two lads: 6 shots and maybe 2 or 3 just right.

So an element of luck plus some judgment - kinda works ;)

I know what's on my shopping list next.:woot: