The Real Street Thread II

[TDP]

You looking at me? by Photos By 夏天, on Flickr

[spatulaboy]

I don't shoot much street... but I try to be versatile.

[Luckypenguin]

GH1 + M Zuiko 45mm f1.8

[TDP]

Untitled by Photos By 夏天, on Flickr

[Timos L]

A thing that should be remembered is to not "cut" legs or heads of people in these street shots.

In addition, I'm not personally fond of these digital filters..In the 4th photo of spatulaboy's post above, the second bike driver is out of focus, while the old man between the heads of the two riders is in focus, although he is far away from them..

[Adubo]

Originally Posted by Timos L

A thing that should be remembered is to not "cut" legs or heads of people in these street shots.

In addition, I'm not personally fond of these digital filters..In the 4th photo of spatulaboy's post above, the second bike driver is out of focus, while the old man between the heads of the two riders is in focus, although he is far away from them..

Timos,

While cutting off legs/heads in images sometimes ruin a shot, it depends on whether it creates a more interesting feel to an image. Personally, i think sometimes it creates an anonymous feel to the subject. It makes it mysterious and it'll make you want to look for more... More in the sense of is there another image than can reveal the whole face. Is there a series to know what is being told/hidden, and sometimes, it makes me lean forward (or back) to find the missing part and i'll remember, it's an ordinary photography and can't be seen from different angles


Processing, in my opinion, is also very subjective. It all depends whether you're doing it for fun, to enjoy and explore more of what is there is on the street, or you're doing it to make profit (sell; in this case, you have to know your target market's liking and preference rather than your own preference)


But what do i know, im just a noob with just a few experiences.

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[Bokeaji]

theres someone... on flickr? instagram? i forget
but theyve got a whole series of street shots where the peoples faces are highly blurred out plus its already in kinda a noirish feel
i think they are amazing

Originally Posted by Adubo

Timos,

While cutting off legs/heads in images sometimes ruin a shot, it depends on whether it creates a more interesting feel to an image. Personally, i think sometimes it creates an anonymous feel to the subject. It makes it mysterious and it'll make you want to look for more... More in the sense of is there another image than can reveal the whole face. Is there a series to know what is being told/hidden, and sometimes, it makes me lean forward (or back) to find the missing part and i'll remember, it's an ordinary photography and can't be seen from different angles


Processing, in my opinion, is also very subjective. It all depends whether you're doing it for fun, to enjoy and explore more of what is there is on the street, or you're doing it to make profit (sell; in this case, you have to know your target market's liking and preference rather than your own preference)


But what do i know, im just a noob with just a few experiences.

Sent from my iPad using Mu-43 App

[spatulaboy]

Originally Posted by Timos L

A thing that should be remembered is to not "cut" legs or heads of people in these street shots.

In addition, I'm not personally fond of these digital filters..In the 4th photo of spatulaboy's post above, the second bike driver is out of focus, while the old man between the heads of the two riders is in focus, although he is far away from them..

Oops I should explain which lenses I used! That is in fact taken with a tilt adapter for my Minolta manual lens. It tilts the lens at various degrees, thus moving the focal plan away from the traditional horizontal position. So it is actually an optical effect, NOT digital applied afterward. I see fake tilt effects used a lot on phone apps like instagram, and it is becoming overdone unfortunately.

I think the effect works well sometimes, especially with this particular shot. It drew you in and made you look at the man walking, gives it a nice dynamic between the young on scooters and old man walking. I feel this would have otherwise been an ok shot and not particularly exciting if it didn't have the tilt effect.

[Timos L]

Regarding cutting legs: Many times we break the rules in art and some times this has a more artistic result, however breaking the rules must not be random but a part of a point of view. In my opinion, I don't see a certain point of view in cutting legs/heads in many of the shots here..again, this is my opinion :)

@spatulaboy: Now I understand why the center of the frame is not blurred while the edges are, unrelated to the distance between subjects, thanks for pointing this out. But again, in my opinion it doesn't work very well.

[Timos L]

..even if the a/f messed it here..


Green hot chilli pepper by Timos L, on Flickr