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lovely work Greg and well lit/observed. i think 1 and 3 are the hero shots, i would drop 2 and 4 myself.
edit: actually the more i look at no 1 the more i like it, the angle of cheekbone to elbow, the way the fingers point to an imaginary place where the eyes gaze, it ticks all my visual language classical art rule boxes
lovely work Greg and well lit/observed.
Wow, I think I might be blushing! That is the second time you've paid my work a compliment and given your talent I can't see myself getting bored of the experience!
I rather taken with this, piss poor photo from a phone, but just makes me want to ride my bike
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Some fantastic stuff in here, would live even half the vision to spot some of these shots.
I’ll join in with a relatively poor phone shot that’s a tad over processed but I wanted a dark look...
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Still paddling in the murky pools at the edge of photography...
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And continuing with my occasional fascination with 'chaotic' compositions...
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Like the leaves [b]colournoise[/b]
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Bumped into this guy in Bristol yesterday.
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We were promised a lot of sunshine that didn't arrive (boo!) so I just chilled and played with a flash. This was about 2:30. Wish I'd taken a second flash.
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Yes i went in that spot sofa, the main house looked like a death trap though..
yes it was a bit dodgy inside Polarisandy :-). the chapel was nice just by it too
OK, it's wasn't taken this month, but I've just been going through my old PC that I haven't switched on for years. I found this one, taken of two good friends of mine during a road trip in Canada:
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I don't really "do" people, so this is a rarity, for me.
Went to that there London to take pics of buildings and all went swimingly
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And then it went wierder
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And then went totally Blade Runner
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Of the three photo's I took today, I thought this would be the least well received - it's proved to be the most popular. Technically, a lot wrong with it, but I went that way for the effect...
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Went to that there London to take pics of buildings and all went swimingly
I was in an all day meeting in our office in Parsons Green. I spent the better part of the afternoon looking out of the window and screaming with my inner voice, 'I need to get my camera and get outside!'
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Yes, it did get very interesting for a couple of hours. I'd been wandering around for a few hours and popped into Leadenhall Market for a snack and a pint. When I came out it was starting to get colourful and I couldn't stop snapping away. It all ended very suddenly when the colours shifted back to normal but half the world seemed to be out with their phones.
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Technically, a lot wrong with it, but I went that way for the effect...
I couldn't tell you what's 'technically' wrong with it, but I can tell you that it has something that I like. The muted pastel green colours, low contrast, almost painterly in style.
It reminds me quite a bit of Constable.
I couldn't tell you what's 'technically' wrong with it, but I can tell you that it has something that I like. The muted pastel green colours, low contrast, almost painterly in style.It reminds me quite a bit of Constable
Cheers geetee - mainly the underexposure and the big patch of dark nothing on the bottom right - albeit you can see some detail in the wall when viewed full screen. I could have brought more detail out in LR, but decided it looked more atmospheric as it is. What appears to be noise, is grain added by me
I've a pile of films to develop, until then just phone pics. I liked this one, after climbing out of the fog in the valley. While I was putting the phone away and getting back on the bike, I saw my first Brocken spectre too!
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What appears to be noise, is grain added by me
I looked at the ISO setting on the Flickr file and figured you added grain.
mainly the underexposure and the big patch of dark nothing on the bottom right
Well you're right on trend with this style. A lot of street photographers compose their frames with large areas of complete black.
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My new office
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New phone camera shots
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New phone camera shot
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It's not really my usual kind of thing, but I do really like this one:
[url= https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4488/37154274354_c4b83c224f_o.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4488/37154274354_c4b83c224f_o.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/YBcnk9 ]Tiger Stripes - The Things you Find on Brighton Beach at Sunrise on a Sunday[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/geetee1972/ ]Greg Turner[/url], on Flickr
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geetee. Probably not surprising given the stuff I post here, but that's probably my favourite image of yours so far.
(that gap between stuff you appreciate as done really well but don't actually like, and stuff that appeals to you regardless of whether it's 'good' or not)
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(that gap between stuff you appreciate as done really well but don't actually like, and stuff that appeals to you regardless of whether it's 'good' or not)
I understand that; makes perfect sense. Honestly though I would be really interested to know what it is you don't like/aren't motivated by. I wouldn't take it as a negative, just as a learning opportunity.
Nothing fancy. Just messing with iPhones ‘long exposure’ mode.
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These two on a phone camera last night near Ditchling Beacon first with no flash and a bit of filtering, second using my helmet lamp to illuminate the tree.
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I understand that; makes perfect sense. Honestly though I would be really interested to know what it is you don't like/aren't motivated by. I wouldn't take it as a negative, just as a learning opportunity
Honestly? It's purely the subject matter/theme. I just personally don't much care for portraiture (my Fine Art degree was focused totally on landscape - I've spent 30 years of image making pretty much deliberately not depicting people at all and it kind of gets ingrained).
Really appreciate your passion for the street portraits and the geeky attention to kit and process (as I appreciate anyone with a passion for what they do) - totally at odds with my lofi, anything goes aesthetic but that doesn't make either any more or less valid...
But then, negotiating that gap is what I do every day. As an Art/Photography teacher I'm constantly having to appreciate and assess work I don't personally like...
So with a newborn in our house sleep a little disrupted of late, which made me think lets make the most of it... after 5am feed head out on the bike for a sunrise photo... well that's what I did:
On the way out I was getting stressed that it was going to cloud over so whilst it was still clear thought I'd take a photo of the stars in the woods.. with some light trails so if I get to desired sunrise spot and its not ideal conditions at least I wouldn't' leave without anything... anyway here we go:
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After a couple goes packed gear back up and headed out onto the Moors, with the skyline starting to lighten I had to up my pace slightly (actually nabbed a KOM in the process!) finally got to spot overlooking Burrator reservoir. Camera setup thermos mug out and waited till the light was just right:
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Pritty pleased with the effort, it was super windy so there was annoyingly some camera shake and higher iso was needed still good times! Might make a habbit of this till we get a sleep through the night.
like second one waswas.
I was thinking the same thing. The effect works really well.
This portrait epitomises the very best of why I shoot street portraits, that is, it is the story and the background I get to learn about that is most rewarding and what motivates me most.
This is George. He's 88 years old, he escaped Hungary in 1951 smuggled out up to the border in a false bottom of a car. At the border he had to cut the wire and crawl into the minefield of no-mans land. He lived his life in the UK, working, as it happens, as a photographer.
His wife died six months ago. This is the first day he has felt happy since then. He is enjoying a cigar and a day out with his daughter.
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Honestly? It's purely the subject matter/theme. I just personally don't much care for portraiture (my Fine Art degree was focused totally on landscape - I've spent 30 years of image making pretty much deliberately not depicting people at all and it kind of gets ingrained).
Some of my personal favourite photos that I've taken are portraits (not that I have many). However, if Facebook can be used as a guide (that's where I put a lot of my pics, hence using it as a yardstick), portraits are always generally less well received than landscapes.
Maybe this is because a portrait will be more personal the the photographer and have little or no emotional connection for the viewer?
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