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Grafton Street Faces
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Were these taken this afternoon/evening today?? There was a few guys with some nice looking kit taken few shots of street performers and the street in general as i was walking through. Was thinking I might see few up here..
Took these a while back.
Been going over shots I’ve taken this year and re-processing some, or processing some for the first time.
These were taken in August.These are excellent Mick!! Looking on Flickr and the likes, you see so many random street shots that just seem to be shot with no regard to composition or interest to the casual viewer, but these look like a lot of thought went into the composition, which is how street should be imo.
The first shot is just classic, the angle, the way the 4 girls to the right all appear to be looking the same way yet totally unconnected from each other. That shot is the star piece to me.
Making me itchy to get back out shooting again.
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These are great Mick-
particularly like no.3-
looks like one of those millisecond moments where the guy has to decide to challenge you to a fight for taking his picture,
or walk on-1 & 2 have that shot from the hip look,
that I think you mentioned a while back-
I think the second is the more successful-
in the first, it seems like a kind of a dead moment,
although its turned out well composed,
and its all nicely handled-I was in Grafton street the other day-
didn’t look anything like this-j
You’re right, JB, first two are from the hip with the 24-70mm.
You get used to how much will be in the frame quite quickly, but there’s aslo a fair bit of luck involved.
I quite like the ‘dead moment’ feel of the first cos that’s what it feels like waiting around for someone who’s late.
Second one I just like the expressions and poses.
Third one is with the 70-200mm, ye can’t really shoot from the hip with that yoke but on the upside very few people think you’re actually taking a pick of them.I had these sitting on my hard drive doing nothing for months.
Just been going back over stuff and trying to find images I missed.
Decided to see what these looked like in B&W and I have to say they ‘work’ far better than in colour.
Feels like I’ve rescued them from the recycle bin ;)Expressbro, glad you like them.
Going to be in town again this afternoon and evening so I’ll see if I can grab some more.The first two are great the low angle of view works very well and the B&W conversion is excellent.
Mick
and here’s me picturing you kneeling down composing that shot and not getting caught…hehehe!!
Best from the hip shot I’ve seen in a long while :D
My knees wouldn’t be able for it, and I’d get a crick in my neck ;)
Here’s the rest of those rescued shots, off out to take more now.
Excellent stuff-
come up with a hundred more as good as 3, 5, 6 & 7,
and you have a book for sure-Hope you’re gone already-
that light ain’t gonna hang around today-j
Great candids Mick, were you spotted at all? and if so , did anyone object?
I’ve done a bit myself, but always wary of someone tapping me on the shoulder :oops:Pat
Hi Mick,
First i’d like to say that I always enjoy looking at your photos and most of the times I agree with your philosophies on various (photographic) topics, like the one on viewing all photos in the competition.
About these three photos now. IMHO the best one in the series is your last one. I like it best because the subject is looking straight at you. I see a lot of photos of people in this forum where you see them from the back or turned away from the camera. The photo has to be VERY strong to actually work when you take a candid shot with the subject turned away from you. Most of the time they just come accross as sneeky snaps. I do think that your photos are better than just snaps.
What I like in your 1st photo is the angle you chose. I think it could do with a bit more space, the crop is a bit tight.
The second one is better. The expression on face of the guy is priceless and the guy that is turned towards the camera is saving the shot. I like that it is crooked and that you cut the people off at their feet. Those are mortal sins in photography law it seems, but I don’t find it disturbing at all in this photo.Nr. 3 I like most as said before. Nice DOF, great expression on the guys face, good crop. It would be nice to hear what the man is playing on his headphones.
What I miss in all the photos is colour. Maybe the most striking feature of all the pics I’ve seen of you so far is the colour in them and I really miss that here in all of them.
I better stop now. I really hope that I don’t come across as being rude, cos that is not my intention. hope I have not offended anyone.
Joris
5,6,7 would be my favorites out of a very strong bunch. This and the Dog on the train shot are possibly the best streets shots I have seen on here for a long while.
Post processing wise the whites are possibly gone to white (look blown out but maybe you were going for this look) for my liking, but this might be a personal thing
Well done
MTook me a while to compose last comment and by the time it was up there were four more! Great shots. All of them. Still wonder what you could do with colour.
What do you do when your subject sees you taking the photo? I usually smile friendly and pretend it is the most normal thing in the world and then walk on. Sometimes when they look back a bit too intensly I ask if it’s OK (just lift my camera and smile even harder and questionmark my eyebrows). So far not many problems, but heard of people being chased a few blocks and worse.
yorizz wrote:
So far not many problems, but heard of people being chased a few blocks and worse.
I could understand that people don’t like their pictures being taken. I am deifinitely one who would be in that group. I would never be brave enough to go out and take peoples pictures on the street but being chased for two blocks is a bit rough….
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