M 10 R image thread

[Adam Bonn]

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34 minutes ago, otto.f said:

Of course it could be possible this lighting, but I find it hard to believe that this was the available light and shadows. 

I don't really understand the question to be honest, it was a highly back lit subject, my edit has details in both highlights and shadows, are you saying you'd rather it was darker?

It wasn't a posed photograph and I wanted his facial expression reacting to whatever he was seeing on his phone, not staring at me with a who the eff is this guy taking my photo look on his face

[M Street Photographer]

vor 39 Minuten schrieb Adam Bonn:

I don't really understand the question to be honest, it was a highly back lit subject, my edit has details in both highlights and shadows, are you saying you'd rather it was darker?

It wasn't a posed photograph and I wanted his facial expression reacting to whatever he was seeing on his phone, not staring at me with a who the eff is this guy taking my photo look on his face

in this scene with the background light, you can't do it without the editing you mentioned, because no fill flash was used.
As far as the gaze is concerned: At this moment it is about the man concentrating on his mobile phone and not noticing you and his surroundings.
I do like the eye contact though, which wouldn't have been appropriate here. In my opinion, this is often a supreme discipline in street photography. The photographer has to be 1/100th of a second faster than his counterpart before he first takes on an internal and then a physical posing. If there is a change in one or both, the photo is no longer worth anything. There is one exception: if you want the Bruce Gilden effect, you want people to look startled or confused. It doesn't always work, but with a lot of practice it's doable.

From that point of view it's all good to me and it will have historical value at some point if we have fun with what people used to have to do with the weird device all the time.

Edited January 23, 2023 by M Street Photographer

[Adam Bonn]

26 minutes ago, M Street Photographer said:

the Bruce Gilden effect

I'm fan of his work but how someone hasn't punched his lights out is a mystery to me 😅

27 minutes ago, M Street Photographer said:

The photographer has to be 1/100th of a second faster than his counterpart before he first takes on an internal and then a physical posing. If there is a change in one or both, the photo is no longer worth anything.

100% agree and IMHO these days people seem way more attuned to if they're being photographed with a camera (less so a phone) or not. 

[M Street Photographer]

vor 55 Minuten schrieb Adam Bonn:

I'm fan of his work but how someone hasn't punched his lights out is a mystery to me 😅

100% agree and IMHO these days people seem way more attuned to if they're being photographed with a camera (less so a phone) or not. 

Bruce Gilden has had his fair share of fights. And so he often has 1-2 body guards with him. I don't like being flashed in the face from 1m either, but he has developed his own style of surprising the disadvantaged and poor people. By the way, his photos look best when several large-format prints are hung next to each other. I was allowed to see them in an exhibition in Berlin.

I've found that the more "professional" or larger a camera is, the less questioned you are as a photographer. Be it a Leica, Fuji medium format, Pentax or Hasselblad. Apparently, people assume a seriousness and a kind of art, without being afraid, like with a cell phone recording, immediately, uncontrolled, ending up in 5 social media.
This way, the people being photographed are more relaxed, even if they notice the shot. When they asked what I intend to do with the photo, they are also relaxed when I say that if it is very good, they will be shown in an exhibition or published in a photo book. On the contrary, they feel honored.

[vikasmg]

On 12/7/2022 at 6:15 PM, Boojay said:

Couple from this morning's frosty start - again with the Vario Elmar

 

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I used to have that lens many years ago black in the 1990s.  How do you find the experience.  Somehow the colour in these two doesn’t work for me and I’m wondering if it’s the les or these really were the subject colours.

[Boojay]

27 minutes ago, vikasmg said:

I used to have that lens many years ago black in the 1990s.  How do you find the experience.  Somehow the colour in these two doesn’t work for me and I’m wondering if it’s the les or these really were the subject colours.

Vikas, I just find it an interesting lens and when I have no idea what I'm going to come across having the range means I don't have to changes lenses.   Colours nothing to do with how the lens renders, both the images have an RNI film pre-set applied - I like it but not to everyones taste - obviously😀.  

 

[otto.f]

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3 hours ago, Adam Bonn said:

are you saying you'd rather it was darker?

Yes but that’s my taste, I find this pp rather unnaturel

[Adam Bonn]

41 minutes ago, otto.f said:

Yes but that’s my taste, I find this pp rather unnaturel

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happy birthday or whatever 😅

 

 

[otto.f]

Much better! For me, this has more drama/story

Edited January 24, 2023 by otto.f

[nodrog]

Took the camera out for a walkabout this afternoon. Found nothing much of interest, so I simply did what I so often do, which is shoot into the light. 

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[Adam Bonn]

20 hours ago, M Street Photographer said:

Bruce Gilden has had his fair share of fights. And so he often has 1-2 body guards with him. I don't like being flashed in the face from 1m either, but he has developed his own style of surprising the disadvantaged and poor people. By the way, his photos look best when several large-format prints are hung next to each other. I was allowed to see them in an exhibition in Berlin.

I've found that the more "professional" or larger a camera is, the less questioned you are as a photographer. Be it a Leica, Fuji medium format, Pentax or Hasselblad. Apparently, people assume a seriousness and a kind of art, without being afraid, like with a cell phone recording, immediately, uncontrolled, ending up in 5 social media.
This way, the people being photographed are more relaxed, even if they notice the shot. When they asked what I intend to do with the photo, they are also relaxed when I say that if it is very good, they will be shown in an exhibition or published in a photo book. On the contrary, they feel honored.

I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Gilden’s work gallery presented and they are truly captivating.

I think some of the modern issues with street work might be cultural, many places in Europe it’s technically illegal to photograph without consent, plus if one lives in a touristy town (like I do) the locals are understandably sick of being photographed the whole time.

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When an artist comes to the design world  50mm Summilux v2

 

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[M Street Photographer]

Surprisingly this morning in front of my window on the 2nd floor

Focusing was not easy due to the branches of the trees surrounding the worker.

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Pic 2.VC 50 1.0 with crop at f 1.0

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I was working in this building today, on the 17th floor, and I couldn't resist taking the obvious shot straight up as I was leaving. Almost gave me vertigo.

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