First City Shoot!

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First City Shoot!

Postby jdear_89 on Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:38 pm

Went on a city shoot the other night with some mates for the first time. Was a great evening. Comments extremely welcome!
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Re: First City Shoot!

Postby hrpremier on Tue Jul 01, 2008 3:04 pm

James

Well done on the shots. For a first attempt at streetscape photography you should be extremley pleased with the outcome. Number 3 does it for me simply for the fact its not a typical photo of the harbour bridge while still being the punch of the shot, even though its out of foucs its still strongly viewed.

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Re: First City Shoot!

Postby wheels on Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:49 pm

:agree: #3 does it for me. A quirky take on an often photographed icon.
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Re: First City Shoot!

Postby barry on Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:35 pm

No. 2 is my pick however I think it would better if the yellow barrier was cloned out.
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Re: First City Shoot!

Postby TonyT on Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:52 pm

No 3 for me
as said before a great take on a much shot subject

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Re: First City Shoot!

Postby Yi-P on Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:20 am

My pick is #2, i like the way its composed, as Barry said, its better to have the yellow thing out of the pic, crop or clone.
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Re: First City Shoot!

Postby Mr Darcy on Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:59 am

5 photos??? Have the rules been relaxed?

That said #1 has a serious lean. Needs to be straightened PP
#3 for me too.
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Re: First City Shoot!

Postby robert on Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:20 am

Number 3 is great take on the bridge, nice round oof highlights. what lens did you use?

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Re: First City Shoot!

Postby jdear_89 on Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:24 am

Okay so i stretched the boundaries a bit with five shots, I will see what i can do with the lean and the cloning. Thanks all for your feedback....
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Re: First City Shoot!

Postby jdear_89 on Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:31 am

Oh and i'm pretty sure that i used the canon 17-55 f/2.8, cheers.
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