People Watching: People Watchers...

[villenadecorte]

Something different from my recent posts.







shot on the n80 with superia, color converted in ps, resized.

[Seb]

Something different from my recent posts.
shot on the n80 with superia, color converted in ps, resized.

Rebekah, I like each of these. I am oftenly surprised by the "moments" one can capture in street photography, with proper skills and timing. Your pictures bring their lots of questions. Who are these people? What are they thinking? What are they looking at? What are they doing there at the first place?....
I'd say that the last one is my favorite, that guy stand out in an almost surreal way. Your post processing is neat as well.

Seb

[gahspidy]

great to see these street shots from you. I also like the last one, the man has alot of character and interesting the way he is standing looking over his shoulder. i only find that i wish her were not standing in front of the tree, loses a bit of dimension .
The second shot is my choice for best of the bunch as I like the composition with the bench leading my eye right up to the subject. The subject,the Asian man holding his dog, is lit well and stands out nicely over the busy but dark and effective background.
Your post processing looks effective here. It appears that you have converted to b&w and then returned color to some of the green areas. Looks like duotone images. Keep it going

[villenadecorte]

thanks guys, i wont say which is my favorite.
but yes, these were all color slide, so i adjusted to almost no saturation then brought the green back in just a little. the effect worked best on the first and third, as the green in the second shot was too virbant to begin with, because the bench, grass and man were soaked in sun.

[readingr]

Rebekah

Reminds me of the Kinks song "Sunday Afternoon" probably because of the chap with the guitar in #1

Well captured - I forgot I like them all no critique

Roger

[Loupey]

I like the subdued colors. It adds more character than a straight black and white yet doesn't distract like full blown color.

The alignment of the trees to the main characters in #1 and #3 is a slight problem for me. Something to watch out for but can only be prevented with practice. Is #1 flipped? And if so, any reason(s) why?

[villenadecorte]

yes, it is...just waiting to see if anyone noticed. also, because i wanted all my subjects on the right but didnt think about that until i processed.
i agree about the trees.

[dbutler]

I'm having a hard time focusing on any one thing in the first, and so I can't really appreciate it. But the second and third are fabulous IMO. I really like the moment of the man and the dog. So much going on around them, and they each are watching their own thing.

And the third: He looks like he's about to make an all important decision right there!! Great capture!!

[Overbeyond]

Second and third for me bot both suffer a little with the same problem As Gary pointed out the man is lost slightly in the tree and the dog is similarily blending into the man's bright jacket. But the overall I like. Same man in the third as in the first I think? I honestly dont think any of these need the selective colouring and can survive vey well without it but that's a personal thing.
Tom