Photos you have taken in the last month of which you are proud?

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…

DSC00072-2 by davetheblade[/url], on Flickr

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.

[/url]The view by Matthew Hampshire[/url], on Flickr[/img]

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!

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.

Untitled by organic355[/url], on Flickr

My new office

Untitled by organic355[/url], on Flickr

New phone camera shots

Untitled by Polarisandy[/url], on Flickr

New phone camera shot

Unamicable split by Matthew Hampshire[/url], on Flickr

It’s not really my usual kind of thing, but I do really like this one:

Tiger Stripes – The Things you Find on Brighton Beach at Sunrise on a Sunday by Greg Turner[/url], on Flickr

2017 10 25 bike 80 03 by Rob P[/url], on Flickr

2017 10 22 bike 79 04 by Rob P[/url], on Flickr

2017 10 25 bike 80 02 by Rob P[/url], on Flickr

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)

Untitled by Polarisandy[/url], on Flickr

(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.

River Medlock Weir (Park Bridge) by Robert Lawson[/url], on Flickr

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.

like second one waswas.

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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:

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:

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.

George ‘Wolf’ by Greg Turner[/url], on Flickr

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?

Cottingley Fairies

Very striking image that 2nd one Waswas. Last place I expected it to be was Ditchling Beacon!

Some great pics here, keep them coming!

Maybe this is because a portrait will be more personal the the photographer and have little or no emotional connection for the viewer?

Possibly; it’s certainly true what you say and I’ve experiened it myself many times (it’s why I call the land/seascapes I do ‘crowd pleasers’) What’s odd though is that the phenomenon isn’t typically replicated with painting or sculpture so I suspect it has more to do with what people typically expect to see presented as either a painting, sculpture or photograph.

That itself has something to do with the fact that painting and sculpture is inherently more ‘skillfull’ than photography; most people cannot conceive of painting something like a Rembrandt or a Freud so they engage with painted portraiture more at the level of the technical skill even if the artist probably still sees his or her genius in the portrayal of the human condition. They can conceive of taking a photograph though (millions of us do it everyday) so the simple presentation of a photographic portrait doesn’t tend to inspire all that much.

What I think they miss is the ability to communicate a sense of the human condition, which is what makes photogrpahic portrait every bit as valid a means of reflecting ourselves as painting or sculpture.

A landscape appeals at an aesthetic level though, something that most people can engage and apprecaite, hence why I think those types of work tend to be more popular.

Agree with most of that (although identifying quite strongly with the Romantic tradition, I’d perhaps argue that landscape too can say a huge amount about the human condition).

And yet, apart from Ansel Adams perhaps, most of the ‘famous’ photographers a layman might know will be portrait makers.

Guess that says more about how photography has traditionally been made accessible to the public though through commercial channels (although that’s obviously changing now).

And now some more (not very anthropomorphic at all) leaves.

DSC01348 by Rob P[/url], on Flickr

DSC01340 by Rob P[/url], on Flickr

Some snaps from WRGB yesterday

_MG_7077 by Richard Picton[/url], on Flickr

_MG_7080 by Richard Picton[/url], on Flickr

_MG_7099 by Richard Picton[/url], on Flickr

although identifying quite strongly with the Romantic tradition, I’d perhaps argue that landscape too can say a huge amount about the human condition

Oh apologies buddy, I worded my original sttement poorly because I didn’t intend to suggest that landscape work doesn’t also comment on the human condition; far from it, I think it’s one of the most powerful, evocative and accessible ways in which we can do this. I referenced Constable earlier on this page/thread and ‘The Hay Wain’ is perhaps a great example of this (does it squeak into the Romantic period?)

And yet, apart from Ansel Adams perhaps, most of the ‘famous’ photographers a layman might know will be portrait makers.

Guess that says more about how photography has traditionally been made accessible to the public though through commercial channels (although that’s obviously changing now).

Yes that’s also very true though I think the reason that people like Bailey and Liebowitz are so well known is because their subjects are. Sadly I think that speaks more about celebrity culture than it does talent.

Quite pleased with this on my Moto E4 (rubbish camera really)
Location and light makes up for crap tech though.

If you don’t mind, allow a rather poor, part-time photographer to add his 2c: I think photographs are very much like paintings, in that you should allow the viewer to attach their own emotions and meanings to the scene. This is the reason why photos where the meaning behind them have to be explained, don’t do it for me.

I know it’s not always possible, but perhaps a subtly place artefact may help guide the viewer, but still allow a certain amount of interpretation.

Landscapes, cityscapes, abstracts etc. work on many levels because they are essentially Rorschach tests, allowing the viewer to find, and apply, their own story.

IMO etc etc/

Oct 27 by -crewlie-

still having fun with my fuji X-E1 and various manual focus lenses..

Ghosts of the past.. by jon bawden[/url], on Flickr

Autumn colours by jon bawden[/url], on Flickr

Bletchley Park Bicycles by jon bawden[/url], on Flickr

Portrait of 'Jack' by jon bawden[/url], on Flickr

Bokeh car by jon bawden[/url], on Flickr