Streets New York

New York · 05:17 AM

Street candids from New York. I of course welcome any comments or critiques. Thanks for taking a look.

GeoJerry · 05-13-2015, 08:49 PM

I enjoy scrolling through street shots like these. Every single one of them has a different story and its own cast of characters. The last one is a classic!

I'm very bad at this kind of photography, so bad I rarely ever try it and anyway I feel to self conscious to do it. But I do have one suggestion. In the first picture there is a round shape hovering over the girl's head on the right. I'd suggest cloning that out, because, for me anyway, it kept drawing my eye away from the woman on the left.

Nice work!

oculus · 05-14-2015, 04:25 AM

Originally posted by GeoJerry

But I do have one suggestion. In the first picture there is a round shape hovering over the girl's head on the right. I'd suggest cloning that out, because, for me anyway, it kept drawing my eye away from the woman on the left.

An excellent suggestion, thank you! You are right. It makes a huge difference.

Off to old Manhatto again today to float through the urban flow with my trusty M-28. Sunny and 73 degrees -- good for walking all day, but tricky light. I will have to be on my "A" game.

CreationBear · 05-14-2015, 07:40 AM

Great set as always...the last gent looks as if he stepped out of Watchmen.

I don't have the skill set--physically or psychologically--for street shooting, so take this with a grain of salt, but one thing I've noticed is that you might be optimistic about the DOF of that lens for many of your "close-up" subjects. (Compare with the last, mid-torso, shot that's technically perfect.) It might be worth playing around with one of Kerrowdown's 20mm's if it gave you a few more inches on the short side--especially if you had a K3's 24MP that you could carve up in post.

oculus · 05-15-2015, 03:16 AM

Originally posted by CreationBear

you might be optimistic about the DOF of that lens for many of your "close-up" subjects.

I think you are right about my "wishful" thinking as to DOF. For yesterday's photo outing I tried some alternate settings and we shall see how the images turned out.

Originally posted by CreationBear

psychologically

What do you mean?

daacon · 05-15-2015, 03:48 AM

BW suits these well - very nice candids of street life.

CreationBear · 05-15-2015, 04:30 AM

Definitely look forward to the results...I'm no pixel-peeper (and of course, different genres of photography have different criteria) but that last shot really shows what is possible. At any rate, as mama always said, oculi populi, oculi Dei...not surprisingly, the old gal had little or no truck with Romanticism of any sort.

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05-13-2015, 08:49 PM	#2
GeoJerry Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,158	I enjoy scrolling through street shots like these. Every single one of them has a different story and its own cast of characters. The last one is a classic! I'm very bad at this kind of photography, so bad I rarely ever try it and anyway I feel to self conscious to do it. But I do have one suggestion. In the first picture there is a round shape hovering over the girl's head on the right. I'd suggest cloning that out, because, for me anyway, it kept drawing my eye away from the woman on the left. Nice work!

05-14-2015, 04:25 AM	#3
oculus Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Photos: Gallery Posts: 518 Original Poster	Originally posted by GeoJerry But I do have one suggestion. In the first picture there is a round shape hovering over the girl's head on the right. I'd suggest cloning that out, because, for me anyway, it kept drawing my eye away from the woman on the left. An excellent suggestion, thank you! You are right. It makes a huge difference. Off to old Manhatto again today to float through the urban flow with my trusty M-28. Sunny and 73 degrees -- good for walking all day, but tricky light. I will have to be on my "A" game.

05-14-2015, 07:40 AM	#4
CreationBear Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,415	Great set as always...the last gent looks as if he stepped out of Watchmen. I don't have the skill set--physically or psychologically--for street shooting, so take this with a grain of salt, but one thing I've noticed is that you might be optimistic about the DOF of that lens for many of your "close-up" subjects. (Compare with the last, mid-torso, shot that's technically perfect.) It might be worth playing around with one of Kerrowdown's 20mm's if it gave you a few more inches on the short side--especially if you had a K3's 24MP that you could carve up in post.

05-15-2015, 03:16 AM	#5
oculus Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Photos: Gallery Posts: 518 Original Poster	Originally posted by CreationBear you might be optimistic about the DOF of that lens for many of your "close-up" subjects. I think you are right about my "wishful" thinking as to DOF. For yesterday's photo outing I tried some alternate settings and we shall see how the images turned out. Originally posted by CreationBear psychologically What do you mean?

05-15-2015, 03:48 AM	#6
daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914	BW suits these well - very nice candids of street life.

05-15-2015, 04:30 AM	#7
CreationBear Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,415	Definitely look forward to the results...I'm no pixel-peeper (and of course, different genres of photography have different criteria) but that last shot really shows what is possible. At any rate, as mama always said, oculi populi, oculi Dei...not surprisingly, the old gal had little or no truck with Romanticism of any sort.