^ Thanks for the input. Your stating opinions... so I\'ll take it with a grain of salt. Could it be better? Well being art is subjective and comes down to personal preference the answer is yes. To me, pesonally? No. I like everything about the way I shot this project and wouldn\'t change a thing.
In my opinion, shooting the 135L wide open is absolutley perfect for this project, and my framing is spot on for my goal.
I hope you were joking with your safari comment? It\'s very ovbious these are shot on the streets/sidewalks of a city/urban area. If that isn\'t outright & ovbious to you... and you need more detail, well I\'m sorry. Perhaps each and every single shot doesn\'t show \"street/sidewalk/city/people\" in it, but most of them do... so you gotta kinda fill in the blanks.
I tried a few shots stopping down and I didn\'t like the results. Yes, you see more background, but the background started to become distracting. Like a telephone that would of been blurred to the point of not being a distraction, came more into focus and looked like it was growing out of one of my subjects shoulders. Wide open, it wouldn\'t of been so distracting and kept your eyes on the subject. Also, I admit, the 135L bokeh is just simply amazing.
80% of the shots show that \"street/sidewalk/city/people/urban\" vibe, and yes, landscape mode shows that best. The other shots that are just a blurred smear where the background isn\'t distinguishable... I would hope onlookers would have a clue enough to look at the project as a whole and fill in the blanks.
Lastly, the goal was to shoot strangers, and capture sincere, comfortable and natural expressions. That was the goal. Was that goal hit? I say yes. And isolation served this goal best.
Nitpicking on the rest is up to you.
Oct 06, 2011 at 10:14 AM
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