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Apr07 comments "Candid/Street"
      #460002 - 31/03/2007 23:29

Please post your comments here for the April comp entries.

Thanks

Chris

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Re: Apr07 comments "Candid/Street" [Re: Siuya]
      #460176 - 01/04/2007 12:24


WOO-HOO





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Re: Apr07 comments "Candid/Street" [Re: DS2]
      #460179 - 01/04/2007 12:31

Control yourself Simon

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Re: Apr07 comments "Candid/Street" [Re: Siuya]
      #460223 - 01/04/2007 13:26

I guess I got a little carried away by the announcement.

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Re: Apr07 comments "Candid/Street" [Re: DS2]
      #460233 - 01/04/2007 13:36

No problem - it's just that for one horrible moment I thought you had posted a picture of our Jack

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Re: Apr07 comments "Candid/Street" [Re: Siuya]
      #460245 - 01/04/2007 14:04

I could never post a picture of Jack, in the forums...he's too nice of a guy to pick on.

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Re: Apr07 comments "Candid/Street" [Re: DS2]
      #461038 - 02/04/2007 22:00

I look forawrd to seeing more in this catagory
Mine came out a little darker than I expected. I think it's because my workspace is in "adobe RGB" and displayed on the net in "sRGB".


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Re: Apr07 comments "Candid/Street" [Re: Gizmo2071]
      #461072 - 02/04/2007 23:03

Hi Gizmo2071,

Nice contrasts.

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Re: ScPhoto's Man with his rat [Re: Siuya]
      #461138 - 03/04/2007 08:32

Are you sure it's not a rat enjoying the sun with his pet man?

Well spotted by the way!

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Re: ScPhoto's Man with his rat [Re: Mr_Geoff]
      #461590 - 03/04/2007 19:31

Possibly! I'm sure the sea air breeds them funny (rat and man!)

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whoops, hope this one is a better size, sorry [Re: Scphoto]
      #461770 - 04/04/2007 08:50

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j150/mandy35ish/street5.jpg

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All sorted Amanda [Re: amanda1812]
      #461773 - 04/04/2007 08:57



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Re: whoops, hope this one is a better size, sorry [Re: amanda1812]
      #461777 - 04/04/2007 09:04

Amanda, love it! So appropriate the photobucket is the hosting site

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Re: whoops, hope this one is a better size, sorry [Re: bench_ubbster]
      #461791 - 04/04/2007 09:23

hey chubbster!

Thanx!

I didn't even realise the name connection, lol

Now, me thinks there's a photo project to be had there????? Hmmmm.....but i guess hanging about in or near buckets could be a bit stinky! ok, i'll maybe think up something else!


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Re: 5am and Hungry - sorry Chris! [Re: amanda1812]
      #462183 - 04/04/2007 19:59

Hope this is better (60kb)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/139721042_d181b45496.jpg

If you could update the entry


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OK sorted [Re: Slartibartfast]
      #462338 - 05/04/2007 07:01

Admin updated it

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DS2 - Starbuck's [Re: Siuya]
      #462529 - 05/04/2007 12:45

Nice image Simon but there's one thing bothering me; No Jack in-shot??

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Re: DS2 - Starbuck's [Re: Bawbee]
      #462545 - 05/04/2007 13:15

Actually Bawbee, I do have a candid shot of Jack but out of respect I chose not to use without his permission.

P.S.

Thank you again Bawbee, for the kind comments of the image that I had chosen.


Cheers,
Simon

Edited by DS2 (05/04/2007 13:22)


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Re: DS2 - Starbuck's [Re: DS2]
      #462652 - 05/04/2007 16:44

In my photo of the two Morris dancers, the lady on the left was standing still, whilst the one on the right was dancing around her. I used a slightly slower shutter speed to give a feeling of movement to the picture. I hope it has worked.

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Re: Grandma plays maracas: I just play shy. [Re: Monobod]
      #462963 - 06/04/2007 18:26

You'll have to excuse me. At my age I ought to be confined to a park bench with a bag of seed. But I keep trying to get this darned size right. I've a feeling I'll get shot down again, but here goes. Try this please:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/235/448494892_b5edb95396.jpg


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Re: Grandma plays maracas: I just play shy. [Re: miked]
      #462968 - 06/04/2007 18:35

Well done - all sorted - you can go back to sleep now on your bench

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Re: Grandma plays maracas: I just play shy. [Re: Siuya]
      #462980 - 06/04/2007 19:17

Quote:

Well done - all sorted - you can go back to sleep now on your bench

Chris



Many thanks, Chris, it looks like I don't need to go to seed just yet.


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Re: Apr07 comments "Candid/Street" [Re: Siuya]
      #464686 - 11/04/2007 16:08

I went into Hyde PArk last week to have a go and couldn't beleive how hard it was. I have never had a problem overseas, but maybe because I was marked out as a tourist. Here, I found it hard to frame a shot never mind take one and a returned to work empty handed. It didn't help that I only saw on photogenic character while I was out and that was just as I was unloading my camera from my bag so the opportunity was lost. I'll not give though and will aim to do better next time.

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Re: Apr07 comments "Candid/Street" [Re: NorthernNikon]
      #464730 - 11/04/2007 17:14

Candid/Street - some advice.

The trick is to blend in, a camera bag marks you out as 'a photographer', best to keep it simple, my preference is for a camera with a wide prime lens and nothing else. (a prime because the fewer choices you have the better and experience with a prime soon teaches you how close you need to be before raising the camera to your eye) Crowds are best and if you stand still you'll be practically invisible - pedestrians tend only to see moving objects! Stand at a street corner or at the back of a bus queue or prop up a lampost for a few minutes or until you get bored, traffic islands are a favourite spot of mine! - if needs be 'shoot from the hip'. Tourists? I love them, they provide me with cover in the centre of town and in their own right they can make useful subject matter!

SP is not something you learn in a couple trips down the high street, after 10 years I'm still learning, its a mood thing, your mood will dictate the type of shots you take. It's about shooting instinctively, don't think too much just recognise the possibilities in a situation, press the shutter and move on. The saying, "every picture tells a story" is particularly apt in the context of street or candid photography - its not just a case of photographing a stranger in the street IMO, there's got to be a narrative attached, something that lifts it above the ordinary. Finally, shoot lots and edit ruthlessly.

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Geoff [Re: AlanW]
      #464738 - 11/04/2007 17:19

What a giggle 'mens formal wear' well spotted

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Re: Apr07 comments "Candid/Street" [Re: AlanW]
      #464804 - 11/04/2007 19:03

Quote:

Candid/Street - some advice.




Thanks for the advice Alan. I think next time I'm going to go out with a 20mm lens on my D70s and get my eye in before venturing out with the 35mm on my F80 again. Also, I'll go somewhere where there are more people. I thought Hyde Park would be a fertile hunting ground but I think Oxford Street or near Paddington Station would be better.

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Re: Geoff [Re: Seven..]
      #464876 - 11/04/2007 22:34

Quote:

What a giggle 'mens formal wear' well spotted




Same as Tanya said .

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Re: Geoff [Re: Done&rundleCams]
      #464886 - 11/04/2007 23:19

I've never done much SP either, always far too self concious. Most of what little I have done has been in Blackpool. No one bats an eyelid at someone with a camera there. The Men's Formal Wear is a cracker.

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Re: Geoff [Re: Mojo_66]
      #464911 - 12/04/2007 00:19

Well spotted Mr_Geoff.
I wish everyone the very best in this competition.

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Re: Geoff [Re: DS2]
      #464916 - 12/04/2007 00:27

Alan W. has hit it on the head.

Street Photography has taken me 16 years to get to the point
where I'm at today. The first time I did it,I was criticized for being too far away from the subject. It didn't stop me from doing photography,instead I build my confidence and moved on to where I had previously left off.

I am still learning as I go long and developing my personal eye, with each shot.

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Re: Geoff [Re: DS2]
      #464919 - 12/04/2007 00:38

Shoot - I've got about two weeks to learn it ...

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Re: Geoff [Re: Ian_A]
      #464935 - 12/04/2007 06:17

Hi Ian,

I just had a look at the link to your photos. There are some very nicely done street scenes,I was curious are they yours?

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Re: Geoff [Re: DS2]
      #464938 - 12/04/2007 07:09

Some very good & well spotted pics in there... love the expression on the face of that policeman... & the guy in the bucket?

I use a 10-22... 22 is ideal but 10 comes in handy when firing from the hip or in crowded places... can result in some curious pics tho'

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Re: Geoff [Re: DS2]
      #464946 - 12/04/2007 07:46

Quote:

I just had a look at the link to your photos. There are some very nicely done street scenes,I was curious are they yours?






My site hosts photographs from a number of photographers as well as a few of my own, the only one of mine which vaguely falls into the category of 'street photography' is this one taken from my bedroom window:



It shows my wife taking the goat for an early morning drag. You can't see the street for the snow.

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Re: The Secret. [Re: miked]
      #465020 - 12/04/2007 11:00

Do my eyes deceive me or has Bamber Gasgoigne discovered something dark and mysterious. And, moreover, why does he need a sandwich board to announce his findings?

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