[Leica] Times Square Part 2 - People

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

It's very hard to photograph groups of people in a cityscape with a  
wide IMO. One always tends to look for an interaction between those  
people, as if they act all together in a big play.
Having said this, I like 'MI3/Alone' a lot. Maybe because of the fact  
only a few people are on it, and the lens distortion really adds to  
this photograph.
I'm not sure. Maybe a bit more contrast would help, too. Or B&W, with  
dodging and burning, to isolate one subject or part of the image a  
bit more and thus 'guide the eye'. Or maybe they just need being  
printed in big, to get immerged in the picture more.
One thing is for sure though: you didn't make it easy on yourself,  
and that alone is worth to be praised.
Thanks for showing,
Philippe


Op 30-mei-06, om 23:08 heeft Richard S. Taylor het volgende geschreven:

> Wide angle lenses are cool (showing my age there).  These were all  
> taken with a 15mm Heliar on an M7.  I like dramatic imagery of the  
> 15 and the way it can isolate people in even a crowded area like  
> Times Square.  Even better, people just two feet away will look at  
> you with your camera to your eye and decide you couldn't possibly  
> be taking their picture.
>
> All but two of these are full frame.  Two have been cropped to what  
> I guess must be about 21mm focal length.  In some I've gone for an  
> "all-alone-in-the-big-city" look, in another I was after a crowded  
> look, in another I was just reporting what I saw.
>
> Love 'em or hate 'em, here they are.  Comments encouraged.   Thanks.
>
> Tourists 1
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/1_25A_0083_web
>
> Tourists 2
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/2_12A_0145_web
>
> Tourists 2 alternate
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/2_14A_0147_web
>
> Running Boy
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/3_01A_0020_web
>
> Wedding Party (  and don't they look young ;-)  )
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/3_15A_0034_web
>
> Kodak/Alone
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/3_28A_0047_web
>
> MI3/Alone
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/1_14A_0072_web
>
> Deep in the Crowd
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/3_34A_0053_web
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Dick
> Boston MA
>
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