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Pictures from a park bench

Postby Matt. K on Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:27 pm

I went to Hyde Park and sat on a bench and watched the people. All of these pics were taken from that bench. This is an interesting way to practice your camera skills.

http://www.pbase.com/matt_k/image/41210749
http://www.pbase.com/matt_k/image/41210750
http://www.pbase.com/matt_k/image/41210752
http://www.pbase.com/matt_k/image/41210753
http://www.pbase.com/matt_k/image/41210755
http://www.pbase.com/matt_k/image/41210756
http://www.pbase.com/matt_k/image/41210757
http://www.pbase.com/matt_k/image/41210758
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Postby Hlop on Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:34 pm

Interesting shots, Matt

This one is my favorite from this collection:
http://www.pbase.com/matt_k/image/41210752
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Postby Matt. K on Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:36 pm

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He was dressed for Siberia. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby PiroStitch on Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:37 pm

Interesting exercise :) Why are most of the photos of females :P
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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:39 pm

I’ll go with Mikhail on his choice Matt - all very interesting though.
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Postby Hlop on Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:40 pm

Matt. K wrote:Mikhail
He was dressed for Siberia. :lol: :lol: :lol:


For Siberian summer I'd say :)
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Postby Matt. K on Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:46 pm

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That's what makes it interesting. :lol: :lol:
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Postby darb on Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:48 pm

nice, what lens?
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Postby stubbsy on Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:01 am

Matt

Interesting confluence of opinions. I looked at the pics, decided I'd post and comment on the one I liked the most and its #41210752

I guess it stands out for a number of reasons - technically it has great DOF and (heresy Matt :evil: ) it conforms to the rule of thirds, artistically the subject matter is great and those boots top it off nicely.

I also really liked #41210754 - and I don't think that one's female!

And congrats on the concept - it's an interesting idea.
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Postby below-0 on Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:09 am

darb wrote:nice, what lens?


mmm yes what lense? ...
also if you could post some exif data. I'm interested what iso & white balance you used.

cheers!

gr8 sharp street scene fotos btw (or should I say park) :]
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Postby Manta on Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:12 pm

Nice series Matt. Candid stuff is fabulous.

The water in the fountain was obviously cold... :shock:

I can't get http://www.pbase.com/matt_k/image/41210752 to show up for some reason, so I've got no idea what to wear next time I'm in Siberia. Now what am I gonna do??:cry: :wink:

All the others were fine. I like colour in the cyclists shot.
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Postby Matt. K on Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:46 pm

All shots taken with the 80-200 f2.8 (push-pull zoom) and WB set to sunny -2.
The posted pics don't show the real quality of the originals, which are fairly jumping off the page. I think I need to spend more time learning how to convert for the web.
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Postby sheepie on Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:55 pm

Some nice bums... errr... I mean subjects - there Matt :oops:

Nice and clear, and an interesting concept - to sit and let the subjects come to you :)
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Postby below-0 on Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:03 am

I'm mainly interested because they're very sharp shots. must have been a descent shutter speed while holding the camera on the old park bench.
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Postby Sean on Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:41 am

Nice mentoring exercise Matt, as usual

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