Street Photography - Between the legs

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The soldiers march home from war
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It was the girl in the green...err.. grey coat that drew my attention :) but decided not to keep it colour
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The subject is probably quite weak, but for me the background is strong - maybe I like this photo for the wrong reasons
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These women were laughing because the blonde found it flattering that I took a photo of them - I spoke to them briefly and took a few more.
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From earlier in the day, the travelling musicians
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Good set, love the stressed faces in #2 ... 1 hour 55 minutes and I'm officially retired :D
 
Nice set Dan, I have one slight niggle No1, I feel would benefit from a tighter crop as My eye is drawn to the manikin left of shot and therefore the image looses impact in my opinion! I cropped using the natural verticals found within the image and a slight clone bottom left, hope you like?

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In the crop the eye is drawn to the shop lady - which should be the focal point of this image

I love the rest by the way

Les ;)
 
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Cheers Les, obviously my workflow failed :) I've updated my original post - thanks
 
gramps said:
Good set, love the stressed faces in #2 ... 1 hour 55 minutes and I'm officially retired :D
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Take it from me it can get boring with too much time on your hands - but welcome to the world of the 'unworking' (y)
 
Hey Dan you made me look at your post under false pretences 'between the legs' indeed :mad:

But your first shot is funny and so are the long, stressed faces after a hard days work (y)
 
DayDreamer said:
Hey Dan you made me look at your post under false pretences 'between the legs' indeed :mad:

But your first shot is funny and so are the long, stressed faces after a hard days work (y)
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Cheers John :)

Going back to London for some street photography on Sunday, have arranged a group meet up there.
 
The crop is great on #1 as it's left the hand in... Good spot on the subject as well.

#2 works well, like the space for them to walk into and great expression on the second blokes face

Giggling girls is good also - there's a story there (if you hadn't explained..)

rest do not a lot for me...

But huge improvement from your distant sniping of before.
One thing my tutor told me off for was mixing colour and B&W images in a set
 
Ah so the distance stays the same but the lens got longer... :) I thought you'd got braver
 
Byker28i said:
Ah so the distance stays the same but the lens got longer... :) I thought you'd got braver
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;) Doh... silence is golden.

I realised how much I prefer the 135mm.

I did take the grip off my camera and lookup the cost of the considerably smaller 35mm f/2 lens - i) I hated the feel of an ungripped 5dm3.. felt tinyyyyyyyyyyy and ii) the lens was a lot more expensive than I'd guessed - so not buying.

I thought if I made the camera less intrusive, I'd feel better about getting closer - but that might not happen any time soon :D

Also - hip shooting... holding my camera waist height and pointing it at people makes me just look dodgy and feels uncomfortable and stupid. :D
 
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I think they are all very good,love the first one that is great.:)
 
Each to their own Dan, it's the image produced thats important and you've some good ones there so keep it up :)
 
Byker28i said:
Each to their own Dan, it's the image produced thats important and you've some good ones there so keep it up :)
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would you hold it like this (with my 35mm)? I tried it and my wife laughed at me and called me 'smooth' - maybe it's because i was trying to angle the camera with my pelvis...

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Who's that smooth dude :)
I sling it over my shoulder like I'm carrying it. One hand steadies the camera, by finger and thumb around the lens (almost like you've your left hand - but I use my right). The pad of your thumb goes over the shutter button and it's easy to trigger with a squeeze. Mind you in Thailand I just smiled and shot like normal.

After all the wear and tear on mine, I'm thinking of getting a hand strap next.
 
The first one looks like it could be shot with a 50, I'd try that before going for a 35. They're small and cheap too. Personally, I rarely shoot from the hip as I prefer to have complete control over my framing.
 
I've just this moment learnt how to use the hyperfocal guide on the lens :D

So I can see how much will be in focus... so for scene's, I guess I put it at f8 and have the right f8 hyperfocal mark on infinity.. this means everything from about 7 foot to infinity is in focus...

it's the little things
 
FruitFlakes said:
The first one looks like it could be shot with a 50, I'd try that before going for a 35. They're small and cheap too. Personally, I rarely shoot from the hip as I prefer to have complete control over my framing.
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I waited until the scene was as good as it was going to get, if I'd been standing with a 50mm - I might have been spotted.

I've got a 35mm.. it's just bigger than I had liked - I will give it another go with hyperfocal focussing - my other gripe is that it's MF only, so I'll be stood looking like a lemon whilst I focussed
 
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I find those in black and white more powerful. I dint care about the square like crop until I saw the original.
Cheers,
 
dancook said:
I waited until the scene was as good as it was going to get, if I'd been standing with a 50mm - I might have been spotted.

I've got a 35mm.. it's just bigger than I had liked - I will give it another go with hyperfocal focussing - my other gripe is that it's MF only, so I'll be stood looking like a lemon whilst I focussed
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Nah she looks pretty busy doing her job, I doubt she would have noticed. As for having an MF only lens, it doesn't really matter if you're using f/8 and above, it'll actually be faster in practice than relying on autofocus - it's literally point and click at those apertures. All that's left is for you to know where to stand and when to click the shutter. For example, this recent post: Capture a stranger street style : Part 2 was all MF at f/8-f/11.
 
dancook said:
would you hold it like this (with my 35mm)? I tried it and my wife laughed at me and called me 'smooth' - maybe it's because i was trying to angle the camera with my pelvis...
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My goodness Dan is this really you :exit:

A well dodgy looking geezer - especially talking about angling with your pelvis :p
 
DayDreamer said:
My goodness Dan is this really you :exit:

A well dodgy looking geezer - especially talking about angling with your pelvis :p
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Yes I demonstrated how that would have looked to a colleague, it was quite hysterical :)

I've got my youth!.. well some of it
 
dancook said:
I've got my youth!.. well some of it
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Indeed you have and I'm only jealous. Old enough to be your father grandfather so make sure you respect your elders :clap:
 
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dancook said:
My Dad was 50 last year :D I am 31..
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Just edited my earlier post realising I'm old enough (66) to be your GULP - to be your - to be your - oh bugger never mind - next post :(
 
Byker28i said:
Who's that smooth dude :)
I sling it over my shoulder like I'm carrying it. One hand steadies the camera, by finger and thumb around the lens (almost like you've your left hand - but I use my right). The pad of your thumb goes over the shutter button and it's easy to trigger with a squeeze. Mind you in Thailand I just smiled and shot like normal.

After all the wear and tear on mine, I'm thinking of getting a hand strap next.
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Ok, gave it a go today at lunch. One handed I held the camera by my side - I could hold onto the battery grip if I wanted an upside down landscape orientated image, or hold normal grip for vertical.

Probably one of the best of the bunch, one I took whilst waiting in the bakery for my lunch..

I'm still trying to adjust how I feel about 35mm, and what it does for the image.

 
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Nice - see it's quite different from the lower perspective. Good reflection in the glass
I'm not saying use it all the time, just it's a different approach and can be used sometimes. I have Cfn1 setup for no screen display, no beeps, minimum 1/125 shutter speed, silent shutter...
 
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