PEOPLE WATCHING an exercise in Street Photography

[FUJI]

1: COFFEE BREAK:

 

2: STRIDING OUT:

 

I love just.....People Watching........especially when I have a camera at the ready, far too often, Street Photographers go for the older or more vunerable subjects, whearas I also like to look out for the figures who stand out in some way.

 

Both of these ladies stood out from the crowd because of their well chosen outfits and their purposefull manner, the one striding out obviously spotted me at the last minute, she smiled after my shutter had clicked:

 

 

Converted and then processed in CS6 via ...Contrast Grading and targeted sharpening:

 

Best viewed LARGE.....click on Pic:

 

FUJI

 

[Guest]

That is some coat #1 is wearing.

[NannyFerret]

Yes, you are certainly very stealthy when out with your camera.   

You always seem to get the pics just at the right time.
We would never have dared to eat or drink in the street in our earlier days would we? 

[ChrisLumix]

That second one is very striking! Love it. The first one has my Photoshop trigger finger itching to go in and darken the background behind that young woman's head... but a good capture all the same.

[FUJI]

That second one is very striking! Love it. The first one has my Photoshop trigger finger itching to go in and darken the background behind that young woman's head... but a good capture all the same.

Thank you all,

Yes it was that coat that attracted my eye and lens............Chris, you hit the nail on the head......I tried a darker background to her head, but that seemed to throw out the rest of the shot.....I kept going back and forth, then decided to leave it as seen.

I still might return to experiment further.

As to eating whilst out and about, you are right as far as certain foods go Nanny, but fish-n-chips out if newspaper on a frosty walk home from the flicks was a pleasure much enjoyed in my youth........as was the swigging from a bottle of Vimto.

FUJI

[David]

Both great shots I agree about the background behind the woman's head but that's minor to me. #2 has an edgy look to it that really appeals to me

[Korky]

Nice work as always, Fooj. Number 2 wins it because of the eye contact with the camera - the arrow is a brilliant touch!

 

They've made me decide to edit my candid pics from Nicosia and get them posted.

 

Korky

[NannyFerret]

As to eating whilst out and about, you are right as far as certain foods go Nanny, but fish-n-chips out if newspaper on a frosty walk home from the flicks was a pleasure much enjoyed in my youth........as was the swigging from a bottle of Vimto.

FUJI

Oh Yes, and didn't they taste good.

When we were young, we used to walk to the Co-Op Bakery and buy mis-shaped cakes and a small tin loaf. The middle of the loaf was eaten and then we walk on to the chip shop and bought a small bag of chips which filled the two halves of the loaf.

Oh what a treat that was. as was a free bag of scratchings..

[Kobione]

Nice, Fuji, you do really well with your street captures. It really is the coat, and the boots that grabbed me in the first, and love the way the lady is just glancing straight at you in the second.