At the Market(C&C if you please)

[acparsons62 2]

Went out to the market today to get a couple of shots. The 70-300 proved to help keep stealth. Let me know how the turned put.

Grainmonger

In honor of Pi day and St Patty's, Cobbler.

4.

Luncheon

Gukbap

Buchimgae

Buchimgae 2

Phone booth

Candy Sales

 

[sashbar]

Interesting shots. I like # 2 Pi Day, but would like to see more space on the ringh. Gukbap (I would prefer it to be shot straight) and Buchimgae 1 are interesting graphically with some good colors.
On the negative side they all look similar. And the reason why do they all look similar is that they all look rather flat. And they look flat because you used a 70-300 tele. Yes you can shoot from the distance, but you pay for it. Try to shoot the same images with a wide 24, 27 or 35 lense and the difference is striking.

 

[acparsons62 2]

Interesting shots. I like # 2 Pi Day, but would like to see more space on the ringh. Gukbap (I would prefer it to be shot straight) and Buchimgae 1 are interesting graphically with some good colors.
On the negative side they all look similar. And the reason why do they all look similar is that they all look rather flat. And they look flat because you used a 70-300 tele. Yes you can shoot from the distance, but you pay for it. Try to shoot the same images with a wide 24, 27 or 35 lense and the difference is striking.

Nice observation. Not sure if I could have gotten these shots with shorter focal lengths. I've shot the market before with a 50, too many people walking in front to compose. With the 70-300, I can shoot under/around the obstructions. I'll have to try the new 35 that I just acquired. Thanks for the feedback.

 

[DaPOPO]

Interesting shots. I like # 2 Pi Day, but would like to see more space on the ringh. Gukbap (I would prefer it to be shot straight) and Buchimgae 1 are interesting graphically with some good colors.
On the negative side they all look similar. And the reason why do they all look similar is that they all look rather flat. And they look flat because you used a 70-300 tele. Yes you can shoot from the distance, but you pay for it. Try to shoot the same images with a wide 24, 27 or 35 lense and the difference is striking.

I agree they are similar, but I don't see flat. Good contrast... What am I missing?

 

[Derrel]

#1, grainmonger, is the standout for me. I really like the way she is shown against the background of her wares.

 

[acparsons62 2]

I agree they are similar, but I don't see flat. Good contrast... What am I missing?

I think they are a bit flat. They were taken with high ISO inside the market, which is covered and the light is poor. Thanks for your comment.

 

[The_Traveler]

I'm with Sashbar.
These are pretty loose and the real center of interest is off in the corner or surrounded by lots of stuff that only adds marginally.

Why not close in and get us to see what you think is important?

Get some tension and excitement by concentrating attention.

Lew

 

[acparsons62 2]

Thanks for the feedback. I really appreciate the critical comments, it's the best way to learn. I was trying to get a bit of the environment in the photos, but in retrospect they look a bit cluttered. The great things that I can count on are the ambient light being the same and most of the people in these photos doing the same thing day after day. The beauty of shooting a market like this is I can always go back with different lenses and recompose.

 

[Gary A.]

I like "Pi Day". How about a B&W?

 

[Kev Richards]

I like these shots and having read the comments I tend to agree with them being flat. Taking on board Gary's idea of what they would look like B+W ...

 

[acparsons62 2]

The BW definitely helps. Thanks!

 

[sashbar]

Interesting shots. I like # 2 Pi Day, but would like to see more space on the ringh. Gukbap (I would prefer it to be shot straight) and Buchimgae 1 are interesting graphically with some good colors.
On the negative side they all look similar. And the reason why do they all look similar is that they all look rather flat. And they look flat because you used a 70-300 tele. Yes you can shoot from the distance, but you pay for it. Try to shoot the same images with a wide 24, 27 or 35 lense and the difference is striking.

Nice observation. Not sure if I could have gotten these shots with shorter focal lengths. I've shot the market before with a 50, too many people walking in front to compose. With the 70-300, I can shoot under/around the obstructions. I'll have to try the new 35 that I just acquired. Thanks for the feedback.

The BW definitely helps. Thanks!

Yes, I like it too. I like all that clatter. You might as well play with different B&W conversions to accentuate it a bit. I do not know if it was cropped from a slightly wider original shot, but if it was, it is worth considering to leave a bit more space to the right of the the guy.

 

[Gary A.]

The B&W works for me. To my eye B&W projects a certain timelessness quality to an image.

 

[funwitha7d]

the first shot is really great and others were good but I see what the comments above are getting at, would probably have shot same way as you, so good feedback for me too.

 

[Derrel]

The "flatness" being spoken about is due to the longer focal length magnifying the background objects and "pulling" the backgrounds "closer" to the foreground subjects. I think in the shot of the grainmonger, that visual effect works well, but in some of the other shots, magnifying the on-sensor size of the background objects makes the foreground subjects less important, relative to the backgrounds. Scenes like these that are shot with a wide-angle lens from close-up have big foreground subjects, and artificially smaller-than-normal background items, which gives a sort of feeling of depth, of "size" to the people up close, and an insignificance, a far-away-ness of the backgrounds, which a lot of people associate with a feeling of three-dimensionality or depth, the opposite of flatness.

Ultra-wide; wideangle; normal lens; short telephoto; long telephoto; super-telephoto-each of those lens types has its own particular characteristic visual character that it imparts to scenes. There is not one, single lens length that is best for all scenes. The success of any type of lens in a given situation depends on the desired effect.