stunsworth Posted February 16, 2007 Share #1 Posted February 16, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Trafalgar Square in London last weekend. M8, Noctilux [ATTACH]25998[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 Hi stunsworth, Take a look here Touching heads . I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
ddp Posted February 16, 2007 Share #2 Posted February 16, 2007 Very interesting shot....just out of curiosity - would you have "seen" this with your DSLR kit? Of course I'm going somewhere with this question.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted February 16, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted February 16, 2007 Dan, yes I would. I saw the couple from the steps of the National Gallery before I raised the camera. I don't think there are many shots I would have missed if I'd have been using an SLR to be honest. But I _do_ prefer a rangefinder :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddp Posted February 16, 2007 Share #4 Posted February 16, 2007 Dang! In any case - my perception is that your rangefinder work has a different feel than your DSLR work. The M8 stuff reminds me more of the Paris stuff I used to see from you. I like what you've been doing with the M8 lately....this is a nice shot with some very cool dynamics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted February 16, 2007 Share #5 Posted February 16, 2007 Steve - Very cute, and all the more successful for its width and the placement of the couple communicating in the fashion of people from the planet Zorgon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted February 16, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted February 16, 2007 Dan, I think it's more about being in the environment of a big city. I love cities. I may wander about for ages wondering if I'm going to find something to shoot, but something always seems to turn up. That combined with the fact that I've shot the equivalent of 40 rolls of film over the last 4 weeks :-) Stuart, thanks. they did seem oblivious to everyone around them :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_parker Posted February 16, 2007 Share #7 Posted February 16, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Steve That's an unusual shot - were you tempted to go in for a close-up ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted February 16, 2007 Author Share #8 Posted February 16, 2007 Robert, I would have, but they quickly disappeared up towards St Martins in the Fields to the left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_parker Posted February 16, 2007 Share #9 Posted February 16, 2007 Steve Were they still stuck like that going up the road ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted February 16, 2007 Share #10 Posted February 16, 2007 A very nicely seen and captured image. Well Done Steve. Azzo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_drabek Posted February 17, 2007 Share #11 Posted February 17, 2007 For my money, one of your best shots Steve. You definitely caught the decisive moment. DD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted February 17, 2007 Share #12 Posted February 17, 2007 I've always said That London is full of strange cases. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 17, 2007 Share #13 Posted February 17, 2007 Probably tourists, Pete... Excellent shot, Steve. I am curious about this "Would you have seen it if you'd been carrying an SLR?" notion. Surely, if you are a photographer (which you are), then you can see shots anywhere and everywhere, regardless of what is over your shoulder. This is especially true when you are in the car, of course All my best shots have been the ones that I have seen when I haven't been carrying a camera... In this case, you were, what, 50 yeards away from them, so even the argument about Ms being less obtrusive than 5Ds wouldn't really hold sway. If you have a good eye for composition, then you can take a good photograph with anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted February 17, 2007 Author Share #14 Posted February 17, 2007 Andy, you aren't seeing the other 500 shots I took over the weekend :-). But I agree that a lot of shots are seen before being photographed if you see what I mean. Sometimes you can see the various elements converging on each other and you just hope they all collide in some interesting way, sometimes there's a natural framing from a static subject. But almost always it's seen first. This must have been less that 50 yards away, 20 maybe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 17, 2007 Share #15 Posted February 17, 2007 Absolutely. The very last thing one should do when taking a photograph is raise the camera, IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leseinne Posted February 17, 2007 Share #16 Posted February 17, 2007 this is the kind of photo that makes me love photography, a glimpse of life. and your framing is just perfect. just wow ..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted February 17, 2007 Author Share #17 Posted February 17, 2007 Thanks Jerome. I think the composition would be stronger if the only people in the shot were the couple touching heads and the couple talking in the top right. There'd be a nice contrast in their means of communication :-). Or maybe the couple touching heads and the two people walking in the frame from the right. However when you're shooting this kind of stuff you have to take what you're given, and I don't think it's too bad as it stands. Thanks for looking Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoskeptic Posted February 17, 2007 Share #18 Posted February 17, 2007 Steve, interesting that you shot this with the Noctilux. I suppose you already had it mounted for the museum shots, but it certainly isn't the typical Noc shot. Anyway, nice grab! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddp Posted February 17, 2007 Share #19 Posted February 17, 2007 I am curious about this "Would you have seen it if you'd been carrying an SLR?" notion. Andy, I shoot differently with an SLR - I may SEE the same scene, but I SHOOT it differently. Perhaps that should have been my phrasing, but I defintiely approach things differently with an M body in hand. SLR's & DSLR's are more for rapid fire stuff - at least in my world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
semrich Posted February 17, 2007 Share #20 Posted February 17, 2007 Steve, It looks like the light was getting low from the reflections in the wet paving, that seems like a good time to have the noctilux on, and it show by how good the tones and reflections are adding to the overall effect of a very good catch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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