Street/Experimental Photography

[an33sh]

Hey guys!
Anyone into street photography? Or maybe the photojournalistic style of photography?
Do post up!
Me in love with it!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/3122528288_c46b95be4e.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/3121697569_ccf383bbe9.jpg?v=0
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3209/3121695573_0a117495f8.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/3122522574_5e6d693580.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3283/2675663989_001c8392a5.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/2675663647_c0967d5a6a.jpg?v=0


For more of this style of photography or more of my photographs, visit www.an33sh.deviantart.com

Post up yours!

peace up! :)

[KrishnenduKes]

Photocritique Approved

The 5th B/W looks really good. Very well composed. Some of the others I would hardly consider "street"!

[Sunny]

Some are overly sharp, what type of sharpening are you using?. And I would hardly categorize them into either street or journalism in the true sense.

the first one would have been a lot better if it were a low angle shot exposing a better part of the man's body. Currently it is in between a silhouette and a photo. Eyes cant decide whether to try and find the details in the underexposed man or appreciate the sky.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/3122522574_5e6d693580.jpg?v=0<--is the most decent of the lot above.

[KrishnenduKes]

Here is one from my side:
http://www.thephotographer.in/galleries/data/500/medium/Varanasi_Agarbatti_copy.jpg

[Aryan]

A few pictures from my side. I am not so sure whether these would classify as "street photographs" or not, but here they are. :)

P.S: The first two photographs are clicked from a moving autorickshaw. :o

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1060/3169899525_b3e7217628_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1030/3169899155_fa6683d3fd_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1071/3169898973_663da4da78_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3258/3169898591_5c8ef4fb30_o.jpg

[KrishnenduKes]

@Aryan: Totally qualify as Street! Have seen those ones before. The first two and the 4th one are very well composed. But then the focussing is not spot on. You probably already know this. The first and the 4th are recounting a lot of stories.

[Aryan]

@Aryan: Totally qualify as Street! Have seen those ones before. The first two and the 4th one are very well composed. But then the focussing is not spot on. You probably already know this. The first and the 4th are recounting a lot of stories.
Thanks. I am focussing more on doing some "street photography" these days. Just getting to learn the more and more I click. :)

[an33sh]

Photocritique Approved

The 5th B/W looks really good. Very well composed. Some of the others I would hardly consider "street"!

Street/Experimental it says..

I've been looking for a style to tag them and most of the experienced guys on deviantart tag it as the street/photojournalistic experimental style..thats why i used the term

[an33sh]

I know what's street photography:
(from what i've read on POTN, the genre can cross into other street-side things too..Though nothing is hard and fast..Its just a loose defination...

Some of em-

http://fc12.deviantart.com/fs39/f/2008/357/8/3/Pain_by_an33sh.jpg
know its blurred and all...taken from a fast car...but like the subjects
http://fc61.deviantart.com/fs38/f/2008/357/8/3/Dadeeee_by_an33sh.jpg
http://fc28.deviantart.com/fs32/f/2008/234/1/8/Where__re_we_going_dad_by_an33sh.jpg
http://fc55.deviantart.com/fs31/f/2008/234/c/7/How__s_this_one_by_an33sh.jpg
http://fc20.deviantart.com/fs29/f/2008/179/a/c/I_got_your_back_by_an33sh.jpg

[an33sh]

Some are overly sharp, what type of sharpening are you using?. And I would hardly categorize them into either street or journalism in the true sense.

the first one would have been a lot better if it were a low angle shot exposing a better part of the man's body. Currently it is in between a silhouette and a photo. Eyes cant decide whether to try and find the details in the underexposed man or appreciate the sky.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/3122522574_5e6d693580.jpg?v=0<--is the most decent of the lot above.

overly sharp as in which ones?
I use edge-based unsharpening at around 1.0 50-70% if needed..not necessarily..rebel on sharpness value 0

[v_310]

@aneesh - loved the first and the last pic. how did you get that overlay effect?

@ken da - terrific composition....!!

here's one from my side. shot from a train while it was pouring outside...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/3134051175_b4606326f1.jpg

[KrishnenduKes]

Some of em-



1.Why do some of your pix look like they got vignetting? Is it deliberate?
2.Do you use a variegated filter?

[an33sh]

1.Why do some of your pix look like they got vignetting? Is it deliberate?
2.Do you use a variegated filter?

1.Yup. Deliberate, rather, Necessary for the photograph, for me, as a photographer.
2.Nope

[KrishnenduKes]

1.Yup. Deliberate, rather, Necessary for the photograph, for me, as a photographer.
2.Nope

Thanks Aneesh!

[trance_nut]

One from my side

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/6468/flootku6.jpg

[motorcycho]

Nice one.. wud look even better in B/W i guess!!

[cosgeo]

Here are two from my end. Hope it categorizes as street photography....

http://img53-58.zoomin.com/1230464015/242973602_V.jpg

http://img51-57.zoomin.com/1229511253/174866468_V.jpg

These were shot two moths back on my Rann Of Kutch trip for my old Sony DSC 110 (PnS).

[an33sh]

Thanks Aneesh!

Not that I'm even remotely relating to him but I have a very Ansel Adam-ish approach to B&Ws...He used vignetting extensively..As part of his story telling..

[bhatiaj]

Folks,

Does this photo qualify as street photography?

Comments / thoughts / Feedback welcome....

http://www.thephotographer.in/darkroom/attachment.php?attachmentid=90&d=1231302455

[KrishnenduKes]

Folks,

Does this photo qualify as street photography?

Comments / thoughts / Feedback welcome....

http://www.thephotographer.in/darkroom/attachment.php?attachmentid=90&d=1231302455

This qualifies as Street. But there are too many things cluttering up your photograph. I cannot make out your subject/principal point of interest. If the violinist is your protagonist, then at the same time I am also being drawn away towards the chateau kind of structures behind.

OT: Btw: this looks like an anglo-saxon set up. Where is this?

[cosgeo]

^^I too would like some comments on the pics tht ive posted. No one comments on my pics ever :(.

[Aryan]

OT: Btw: this looks like an anglo-saxon set up. Where is this?

Scotland! :)

[bhatiaj]

Scotland! :)

This qualifies as Street. But there are too many things cluttering up your photograph. I cannot make out your subject/principal point of interest. If the violinist is your protagonist, then at the same time I am also being drawn away towards the chateau kind of structures behind.

OT: Btw: this looks like an anglo-saxon set up. Where is this?

@aryan: you are right.....

This is Edinburgh, Scotland. What you see in the back "chateau kind of structures behind" is the Edinburgh Castle.

The idea was to capture the Violinist with the castle under sunlight as a backgound. The others on the street were enjoying a food festival.

This was captured using a Kodak Z700 (PnS).

What would you recommend for situations like these? What could i have done to get a better picture?

[Xavier]

Here are two from my end. Hope it categorizes as street photography....

http://img53-58.zoomin.com/1230464015/242973602_V.jpg

http://img51-57.zoomin.com/1229511253/174866468_V.jpg

These were shot two moths back on my Rann Of Kutch trip for my old Sony DSC 110 (PnS).


The first one does, the second one? Ummm, I wouldn't be so sure. In my opinion, street photography looks best in monochrome. Try it out on your pics, they'll look a lot different. Oh and the 2nd pic is confusing, cause one wouldn't know what you want to focus on, the bike or the kids. If it were both, a close up would have worked better.

[sandeep_vgl]

Does this qualify as SP?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3222/2386991866_d3bf9be284_o.jpg

[KrishnenduKes]

What would you recommend for situations like these? What could i have done to get a better picture?

For example, given the current photograph, for me this works better:

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3317/smeparty021copytb5.jpg

[Aryan]

A few more from my side:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2835832718_0097e0dc78_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/2799885749_83ee50446e_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3095/2799877447_0d135e0b88_o.jpg

[KrishnenduKes]

A few more from my side:

Far less exciting from your first set in post5 I think.

[FreeBirD]

Hi Aryan,

I think you are shooting on the manual mode, possibly loosing the focus on the subject or not precisely able to keep the flow going through. You possibly need a little more sharpness going into the focus or the subject.

Cheers
~m~

[FreeBirD]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/3123685384_2aa53f05ed_o.jpg

A shot from cold street life in London...

~m~

[Aryan]

Hi Aryan,

I think you are shooting on the manual mode, possibly loosing the focus on the subject or not precisely able to keep the flow going through. You possibly need a little more sharpness going into the focus or the subject.

Cheers
~m~
Thanks Freebird for pointing that out. I'll try to do better next time, for sure. :)